linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] kconfig changes for v4.6-rc1

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Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:54:45 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] kconfig changes for v4.6-rc1

Hi Michal, Al,

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> just two kconfig commits this time:
> - kconfig Makefile fix for make 3.80
> - Fix calculating symbols so that KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=... does not disable
>   CONFIG_MODULES silently

> for you to fetch changes up to 6b87b70c5339f30e3c5b32085e69625906513dc2:
>
>   unbreak allmodconfig KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=... (2016-02-01 15:12:40 +0100)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Al Viro (1):
>       unbreak allmodconfig KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=...

I can now indeed drop the

    CONFIG_MODULES=y

line from my

    allmod.config

However, this fix has the side-effect of enabling CONFIG_MODULES silently for

    make allyesconfig KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=1

Adding an explicit

    CONFIG_MODULES=n

to the allyes.config file fixes that.

IMHO CONFIG_MODULES should default to y when using allmodconfig, and
default to n when using allyesconfig.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds