linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86

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Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2007 01:40:14 +0100
From:	"Guillaume Chazarain" <guichaz@...oo.fr>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"Roland Dreier" <rdreier@...co.com>,
	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86_64 with make ARCH=x86"

On 11/6/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> The issue with "make allyesconfig" concerns me, although the same
> situation already exists with any multiple-choice configuration.  What I
> guess we really want is to be able to specify a few specific choices.

I don't know enough about Kbuild to know if it's possible or not, but I
would find it great if the *config targets could take CONFIG_ variables
on the command line, like:

make oldconfig CONFIG_SMP=y

If it's not possible, why not inherit the CONFIG_ options from environment
variables, like we already do for $CFLAGS, but only at make *config
time in this case?

-- 
Guillaume
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