linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] init/Kconfig: use if/endif to surround the EXPERT menu kconfig symbols

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Message-Id: <20110427193651.1d279d29.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:36:51 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Peter Foley <pefoley2@...izon.net>,
	torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] init/Kconfig: use if/endif to surround the EXPERT
 menu kconfig symbols

On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:14:51 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:00:36 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
> 
> > Surround the EXPERT menu with "if EXPERT" and "endif" so that it
> > is forced to stay as one unit.  Hopefully this will help to prevent
> > it being broken in the future.
> 
> With this patch applied, a `make oldconfig' unsets CONFIG_PRINTK,
> producing a less-than-previously-useful kernel!
> 
> Config: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/config-akpm2.txt

Yep, that's a problem.  Thanks.

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~Randy
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