linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] STAGING: Comedi: Build only on arches providing PAGE_KERNEL

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Message-ID: <BANLkTin7vqGFZpCoLJY+NDfmNroZWWAOgg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:18:27 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-m32r@...linux-m32r.org, linux-m32r-ja@...linux-m32r.org,
	linux-am33-list@...hat.com, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] STAGING: Comedi: Build only on arches providing PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 06:01:47PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
>> If only to get m68k/allmodconfig going again (hmm, there's another
>> staging driver
>> preventing a green light).
>
> I ran into this doing an allyesconfig.  Allyesconfig has one disadvantage,
> for choice it will only select the first or default option which means
> that option gets exercised well and all the other options not at all.  On
> MIPS that'd be IP22, 32-bit, R4x00, big endian, 4K pages, no multithreading,
> 250Hz.  Make randconfig disables lots of things so often misses the
> opportunity to trigger some issues.
>
> I'd really want an "make allrandconfig" which enables as many options as
> possible but picks a random one from choice statements, something like that.
>
Something like the attached patch ? [sorry for the attachment, gmail
is so much a PITA for that ...]

 - Arnaud

ps: the patch breaks all the others *config target.

>  Ralf
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