linux-kernel - Re: How to remove 2000+ lines from 400+ defconfig files?

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Message-ID: <4EC2D182.2000702@suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:54:26 +0100
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to remove 2000+ lines from 400+ defconfig files?

Dne 15.11.2011 20:26, Paul Bolle napsal(a):
> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 19:39 +0100, Michal Marek wrote:
>>> Since, if one is
>>> supposed to feed them to the config tools first it doesn't matter
>>> whether the (outdated) macros are still used somewhere in the code,
>>> doesn't it? The config tools will simply drop all macros they can't
>>> match with Kconfig symbols. (Or don't they? Michal?)
>>
>> Yes, they will not appear in the .config.
>
> So the fact that a few of these macros are still currently used in the
> code shouldn't bother us. The maintainers of that code have no reason to
> complain about dropping those macros from the various defconfig files,
> because that removal doesn't actually matter. Correct?

Correct.

Michal
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