linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Only generate config_is

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Message-ID: <20110525133555.GG2276@sepie.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 15:35:55 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Only generate config_is_xxx for bool and
 tristate options

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 05:35:32PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> For strings and integers, the config_is_xxx macros are useless and
> sometimes misleading:
> 
>   #define CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE ""
>   #define config_is_initramfs_source() 1
> 
> Cc: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/confdata.c |    8 +++-----
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I applied this to kbuild-2.6.git#kconfig, but I won't be sending this
and the config_is_xxx patch to Linus now. First, I'm a bit in hurry and
there have been proposals for either a different name of the macro, or a
different implementation, second, the fixdep fix is not here, so we
wouldn't be able to make use of the feature anyway. So let's settle on a
final solution for 2.6.41 or 3.1 or whatever comes second next.

Michal
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