linux-kernel - Re: building i386 requires s390: "driver/crypto/Kconfig" sourcing s390 arch

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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2007 07:38:55 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Linda Walsh <lkml@...nx.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: building i386 requires s390: "driver/crypto/Kconfig" sourcing s390 arch

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 04:19:20PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2007 14:46:02 -0700 Linda Walsh wrote:
> 
> > Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:32:47 -0700 Linda Walsh wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >> Seems there is an include of s390 based config in file
> > >> drivers/crypto/Kconfig: source "arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig"
> > >>
> > >> The line doesn't seem to be need for an i386 build (haven't
> > >> tried x86_64 though).
> > >>
> > >> I take it that this was a braino?
> > >>     
> > >
> > > Does it cause a problem?  If yes, what problem?
> > >   
> > ----
> >     Yes.  My source tree has unrelated architectures removed,
> > as a result when building i386 or x86_64, the config tools try to
> > include files from the s390 architecture.  It isn't there. 
> > I'm building x86, why should I be including files from other
> > architectures.  It is hierarchically unclean.
> 
> Yes, it is.  What removes all arch-except-i386-and-x86_64 from your
> kernel tree?  Can't it also do
> $ sed @source "arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig"@#source "arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig"@
> at the same time?
> 
> Who supports a pared-down kernel tree like this?

On op of this I have previously discussed with Roman Zippel
the possibility to have _one_ include hirachy for Kconfig files.
So that kconfig would fetch all Kconfig files for all archs.

	Sam
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