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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611271953290.5308@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:53:51 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
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 Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> 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

ah, i was not aware that those files were auto-generated.  my mistake.

rday
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