linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels

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Date:	Thu, 2 May 2013 01:09:01 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, levinsasha928@...il.com,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, fengguang.wu@...el.com,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig:  Add a Kconfig shortcut for
 building working KVM guest kernels

On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 04:04:12PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The fundamental problem is that "select" is broken and doesn't track
> dependencies of things selected.

Yep, ancient history.

And yet, I'm using this option to do randconfig builds and then boot
them and I see almost no build breakages, at least none caused by this
Kconfig option.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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