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

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Message-ID: <5181A256.3080804@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 May 2013 16:16:38 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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 05/01/2013 04:09 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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.
> 

Stupid question: would a defconfig be a better option for this?

	-hpa

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