linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Enable PSTORE in pseries

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:13:40 +0530
From:	Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>
CC:	mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Enable PSTORE in pseries_defconfig

Hi Michael,

On Monday 24 June 2013 06:51 AM, Michael Neuling wrote:
>> Enable PSTORE in pseries_defconfig
> Please add a "why" to your changelogs eg. "Now we have pstore support for
> nvram on pseries, enable it in the default config"
>
> "Why" you are changing something is more important than "what", since
> you can always determine "what" is being changed, by looking at the diff.
> The "why" will be long forgotten.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig |    1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
>> index c4dfbaf..9630a50 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
>> @@ -347,3 +347,4 @@ CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
>>   CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64=m
>>   CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV=y
>>   CONFIG_VHOST_NET=m
>> +CONFIG_PSTORE=y
> This should really be added in the right location on the config, not
> just at the end.   ie.

Sorry, I overlooked this commentin my v2 patch. Will resend.

> @@ -296,6 +293,7 @@
>   CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XATTR=y
>   CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO=y
>   CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
> +CONFIG_PSTORE=y
>   CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
>   CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL=y
>   CONFIG_NFS_V4=y
>
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