linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkkconfigsymbols.py: add option -i to ignore files

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Message-ID: <1430508696.3928.27.camel@tiscali.nl>
Date:	Fri, 01 May 2015 21:31:36 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, stefan.hengelein@....de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkkconfigsymbols.py: add option -i to ignore files

Valentin Rothberg schreef op wo 29-04-2015 om 16:58 [+0200]:
> Sometimes a user might be interested to filter certain reports (e.g.,
> the many defconfigs).

Is this actually useful outside of filtering out defconfigs?

> Now, this can be achieved by specifying a Python
> regex with -i / --ignore.

Patch hijack: it's been my view for some time now that almost all
defconfigs are outdated in one way or another. And they are outdated
because they are not, as far as I can tell, updated regularly. So I
wonder whether there are any guidelines for defconfigs. What is their
purpose? What exactly can one expect when using a defconfig?

Paul Bolle

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