linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22.7 autoconf.h is screwed up

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Message-ID: <3f9a31f40709240506s2befe4eu6c1c5411599d1343@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:36:43 +0530
From:	"Jaswinder Singh" <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
To:	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.22.7 autoconf.h is screwed up

Dear Sam,

On 9/24/07, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:50:43PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > 2.6.22.7's include/linux/autoconf.h is completely screwed up as
> > compare to 2.6.10's autoconf.h .
> >
> > 2.6.22.7 totally changed the meaning of autoconf.h
>
> autoconf.h has always been autogenerated. And autoconf.h has always
> been used to publish the configuration to .c files.
>
> What changed between 2.6.10 and 26.22 are the algorithm used to
> produce autoconf.h.

I just curious, how algorithm is written that it makes readable to non-readable.

Thank you,

Jaswinder Singh.
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