linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUAKsrExGXWdZMZs3ji7Fcf8P-HHqbz-zuznKWFz2+1iw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:29:34 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com>,
	Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	OpenSUSE Kernel Team <opensuse-kernel@...nsuse.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@...oraproject.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
> I wish defconfig was actually something useful like this, instead of..
> what the hell is it exactly ? No-one even seems to agree, other than
> "random selection of options, many of which were removed n years ago"

It's just to difficult to update them in a sane way.

I mean, I have my own set of defconfigs for all supported m68k-platforms,
but getting them in sync and ready for submitting an update seems to be a
multi-year project, and there are always more important (and more fun) things
to do. So that's why I haven't gotten to updating them since the defconfig
reduction.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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