linux-kernel - Re: Ingo, no more kconfig patches

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Date:	Sun, 4 May 2008 01:07:52 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Ingo, no more kconfig patches

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:38:22PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 12:24:29AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:03:00PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > 
> > > * Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >...
> > > > > As Sam said it, fixing that Kconfig design bug would be "nice" - but 
> > > > > unfortunately the Kconfig subsystem is not actively developed 
> > > > > anymore.
> > > > 
> > > > Roman is still active.
> > > 
> > > great, does this mean we'll see fixes for select's misbehavior, along 
> > > the lines of Sam's suggestions?
> > 
> > In the case of the problem here it would have turned one problem into 
> > another, and Roman's patch is the correct solution no matter whether 
> > you change the semantics of select or not.
> 
> Hi Adrian 
> It would be nice to know what was wrong with my suggestion.
> You have done your share of kconfig patches so you have a good grip
> on the problems we face.
> So any input on how we can improve kconfig so we can actually provide
> what people often expects or requests or need would be nice.
> 
> I have so far not done any hacking on the core of the backend of
> kconfig but if I one day find more than one hour in row where I can do
> some kernel stuff I may actually try it out.
> And then it would be nice to have a sketch ready how to solve the issues.
> 
> I would though request you to start a new mail thread for this and
> include both linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org and Roman Zippel in the loop.

If you've sent a suggestion that included a description of the exact 
semantics you want to implement I must have missed it.

Can you send me a pointer or a description of the semantics?
I'll then have a look.

> 	Sam

cu
Adrian

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