linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: change config_enabled() to accept X instead of CONFIG

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Message-ID: <1336591741.4634.4.camel@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 09 May 2012 12:29:01 -0700
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, joerg.roedel@....com,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: change config_enabled() to accept X
 instead of CONFIG_X

On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 20:56 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 11:46:35AM -0700, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> > change config_enabled() to use it as config_enabled(SMP) instead of
> > config_enabled(CONFIG_SMP).
> 
> You are breaking all existing users.

I checked the mainline and there were no users as far as I checked.
Referring to some upcoming code? Just curious to see why I missed.

> And CONFIG_ was included to allow better grepability.

Ok.

> If you insist on having a CONFIG less variant
> introduce a new variant for this.

I will drop this for now.

thanks,
suresh

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