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

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Message-ID: <20070601203006.GB865@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:30:06 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, clameter@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 10:22:02PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
 > On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 02:02:00PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 11:30:46PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
 > >  > > +	sym = sym_lookup("DEVEL_KERNEL", 0);
 > >  > > +	sym->type = S_BOOLEAN;
 > >  > > +	sym->flags |= SYMBOL_AUTO;
 > >  > > +	p = getenv("DEVEL_KERNEL");
 > >  > > +	if (p && atoi(p))
 > >  > > +		sym_add_default(sym, "y");
 > >  > > +	else
 > >  > > +		sym_add_default(sym, "n");
 > >  > > +
 > >  > 
 > >  > 		sym_set_tristate_value(sym, yes);
 > >  > 	else
 > >  > 		sym_set_tristate_value(sym, no);
 > >  > 
 > >  > should do the trick (untested).
 > > 
 > > Odd. What's the third state ? Undefined?
 > no, mod, yes
 > Representing: no, module, yes as the three config choices.

Now I'm even more puzzled.  Why would 'DEVEL_KERNEL' need
to be modular ?

		Dave

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