linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: fix oldnoconfig to do the right thing

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Message-ID: <20101008143642.GA24144@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:36:42 -0400
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, aris@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: fix oldnoconfig to do the right thing

On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 01:55:53PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> I found that when running make oldnoconfig on the kconfig branch of
> kbuild.git (which is currently a 2.6.35 + kconfig changes) against a
> 2.6.35-rc1 x86_64 defconfig, it mysteriously switches from
> CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP=y to CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO=y. With Kyle's patch it
> doesn't do this. I applied the patch now.
> 

Hi Michal,

Can we get this sent to Linus before 2.6.36? It would be awkward to
release 2.6.36 with oldnoconfig working the broken way, and then patch
it after release.

--Kyle
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