netdev - Re: linux-next: boot test failure (net tree)

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Date:	Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:50:02 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Subject: Re: linux-next: boot test failure (net tree)

Hi Dave,

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:15:25 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:01:46 +1000
> 
> > In particular, CONFIG_TIGON3 newly depends on
> > CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM which will no be selected when doing a
> > "make oldconfig" from a working config.
> 
> When you type "make oldconfig" with an existing .config it prompts you
> for those vendor guards, giving you ample opportunity to say yes to
> them.

Which is a bit of a pain for automated systems.  Ours does (essentially):

yes '' | make oldconfig

We really don't want to select every new config item that comes along.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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