linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/10] merge_config.sh: Better handling of CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:30:53 -0400
From:	Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@...driver.com>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
CC:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] merge_config.sh: Better handling of CONFIG_FOO=n

On 10/28/2015 02:26 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 09:42:06AM +0900, Olof Johansson wrote:
>> Kconfig knows how to handle CONFIG_FOO=n just fine, but it'll always
>> use "# CONFIG FOO is not set" in the resulting config. Mangle the input
>> accordingly so we don't report this as a failure when it isn't.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
>
> Matching Kconfig behavior is the logical approach, no point in complaining if
> Kconfig will accpet the result.
>
> Bruce, I think we'll just need to update the linux-yocto tool documentation not
> to mark =n as wrong.

purists still think it is wrong :) The tools don't report this as
an error anymore, so there's no change here.

Bruce

>
> Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
>

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