linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] ARM MSM updates for 2.6.35-rc1

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Message-ID: <1275536698.22020.81.camel@concordia>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:44:58 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ARM MSM updates for 2.6.35-rc1

On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 18:20 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Now, I'm actually considering just getting rid of all the 'defconfig' 
> files entirely. The x86 model is sane (there's two of them, nobody likely 
> uses them), but ARM and POWERPC (and to a lesser config SH and MIPS) have 
> turned the whole concept into a disgusting mess. 

I agree that the defconfig mechanism is broken (ie. carrying the full
text in tree), but the concept is sane IMHO.

What'd be nice is if the defconfig could just be a delta against a base
config for the architecture - that would make most of them reasonably
small, just turning on/off a few options.

You can sort of do that today, by just storing a delta, but oldconfig
will silently turn off things you have enabled if prereqs change, so
that doesn't really work I think.

cheers

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