linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Enable 'make CONFIG

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Message-ID: <1312997135.2989.54.camel@i7.infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:25:33 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Enable 'make CONFIG_FOO=y oldconfig'

On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 10:01 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:15:55 -0400 Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> 
> > Btw, warning about potential missing dependencies are useless[0],
> > user, even kernel hacker do _not_ read them. We spent a few day
> > tracking down a build failure on powerpc triggered because SND_ISA was
> > selected without ISA_DMA_API, a warning was present, but nobody cared
> > about it.
> 
> That one was an anomaly.  I usually see them and often send patches
> for them.  But granted, most developers just pass over them. 

I see that kind of thing as a natural consequence of the whole 'select'
abomination. But that's even *further* off-topic from the original topic
of this thread than Arnaud has already dragged us.

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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