linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] check for select dependency errors on config load

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0902211504200.30069@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:07:24 -0500 (EST)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, zippel@...ux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] check for select dependency errors on config load


On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> EMBEDDED is misnamed.  It means "those who think that they know enough
> to use all of the power of kconfig."
> Some people spell that EXPERT etc.
> Or it means "let me shoot myself in the foot."
> 
> So HOTPLUG, INPUT, FW_LOADER, etc. should not be modified by Aunt Tillie,
> but you and I can play with them.

We really should go and rename it then :-/

> 
> 
> for SERIO:
> 
> config SERIO
> 	tristate "Serial I/O support" if EMBEDDED || !X86
> 	default y
> 
> Experts can modify it.  !X86 can modify it.
> It's usually needed on X86 for keyboard controllers etc.,
> but if one sets EMBEDDED, you can muck up your config and not be
> able to use the keyboard.
> 
> I don't know where the !S390 comes from, but it's not surprising.

Anyway, to avoid having these spit out all the time, I'll see if I can 
make it not warn if the dependency was on EMBEDDED/EXPERT. I'll try to 
work on it when I have time.

Note, the config I used was originally generated by randconfig.

Thanks,

-- Steve

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/