linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/34] kbuild: Introduce KBUILD_AUTOCONF variable for auto.conf include

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Message-ID: <20140514050021.GA13791@ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2014 07:00:21 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	acme@...stprotocols.net, dsahern@...il.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/34] kbuild: Introduce KBUILD_AUTOCONF variable for
 auto.conf include

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:02:56AM +0200, Alexis Berlemont wrote:
> From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> 
> Introducing KBUILD_AUTOCONF variable for auto.conf include
> allowing to specify custom auto.conf file.

What do you need this for?
And please remember to documet this variable in Documentation/kbuild/...

Have you considered to let kbuild use KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG that is already
used by kconfig for the same purpose?

	Sam
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