linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Remove obsolete CONFIG_DMA_IS

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Message-ID: <20061127231409.GQ15364@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:14:09 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig:  Remove obsolete CONFIG_DMA_IS_DMA32 entries from ia64 config files

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 04:37:35PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   Remove the obsolete CONFIG_DMA_IS_DMA32 entries from the various
> "defconfig" files under arch/ia64.
>...

I do not like this manual editing of defconfigs:
- obsolete options in defconfigs don't cause any harm
- the next time someone refreshes the defconfigs they will 
  automatically go away
- if it became common to manually patch defconfigs, we'd soon get
  many patch conflicts

cu
Adrian

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