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

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:30:47 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	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


> Well, yes.  I was thinking it would be more like:
> 
> distro/Kconfig.fedora
> 	menuconfig FEDORA
> 	if FEDORA
> 	config FEDORA_16
> 	   select WHATEVER
> 	config FEDORA_17

Nope you need

distro/everyarchtheyship/everykernelvarianttkeyship(smp,largemem,arm
boards)/Kconfig

which for some distros is over 20 per release and the end user wouldn't
have a cat in hells chance of knowing which to pick.

For the end user case you need the distro to plonk the right file in the
right place and be done with it, once they do that the rest is
bikeshedding a ten line Makefile rule.

Alan
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