linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG

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Date:	Thu, 31 May 2007 11:03:56 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	clameter@....com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it

>>  menu "General setup"
>>  
>> +config STABLE
>> +	bool "Stable kernel"
[...]
> a) Why in Kconfig, why not in Makefile?
> 
> b) Of course nobody wants STABLE=n. :-)  How about:
> 
> config RELEASE
> 	bool "Build for release"
> 	help
> 	  If the kernel is declared as a release build here, then
> 	  various checks that are only of interest to kernel development
> 	  will be omitted.

PS:  Also, it could be reversed (e.g. config TESTBUILD) and put into the
Kernel Hacking submenu.

> c) A drawback of this general option is, it's hard to tell what will be
> omitted in particular.

-- 
Stefan Richter
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