linux-kernel - Re: [Devel] [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig

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Date:	Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:30:09 +0400
From:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
To:	devel@...nvz.org
CC:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@...ibm.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrey Savochkin <saw@...ru>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Rohit Seth <rohitseth@...gle.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig

Matt Helsley wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 15:04 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 15:01 +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
>>
>>>--- ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.arkcfg	2006-07-17 17:01:11.000000000 +0400
>>>+++ ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig	2006-08-10 17:56:36.000000000 +0400
>>>@@ -432,3 +432,5 @@ source "security/Kconfig"
>>> source "crypto/Kconfig"
>>> 
>>> source "lib/Kconfig"
>>>+
>>>+source "kernel/bc/Kconfig"
>>
>>...
>>
>>>--- ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.arkcfg	2006-07-17 17:01:11.000000000 +0400
>>>+++ ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig	2006-08-10 17:56:36.000000000 +0400
>>>@@ -432,3 +432,5 @@ source "security/Kconfig"
>>> source "crypto/Kconfig"
>>> 
>>> source "lib/Kconfig"
>>>+
>>>+source "kernel/bc/Kconfig"
>>
>>Is it just me, or do these patches look a little funky?  Looks like it
>>is trying to patch the same thing into the same file, twice.  Also, the
>>patches look to be -p0 instead of -p1.  
> 
> 
> They do appear to be -p0
it is -p1. patches are generated with gendiff and ./ in names is for -p1

> 	They aren't adding the same thing twice to the same file. This patch
> makes different arches source the same Kconfig.
> 
> 	I seem to recall Chandra suggested that instead of doing it this way it
> would be more appropriate to add the source line to init/Kconfig because
> it's more central and arch-independent. I tend to agree.
agreed. init/Kconfig looks like a good place for including
kernel/bc/Kconfig

Kirill

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