linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 2/3] Kconfig updates for v4.19

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Date:   Thu, 16 Aug 2018 16:53:39 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 2/3] Kconfig updates for v4.19

Hi Linus,



2018-08-16 6:10 GMT+09:00 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:58 AM Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>>
>> Masahiro Yamada (15):
>>       kconfig: make syncconfig update .config regardless of sym_change_count
>
> This one is annoying me.
>
> I don't care if it updates .config. But it does so *noisily*, so now
> my build scripts en dup having extra noise coming out from them in the
> form of another
>
>   scripts/kconfig/conf  --syncconfig Kconfig
>   #
>   # configuration written to .config
>   #
>
> which is just distracting me and doesn't seem to add any value at all.
>
> Ok, so it happens because I for legacy reasons have a "made dep" that
> isn't useful any more (but my fingers have that as the "let's do a
> kernel build" now macro), but it does seem to be entirely pointless.
> Why make that big noise about something that doesn't even *do*
> anything?
>
>                   Linus


I see.

I wrote this patch:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10567117/


I will apply it to my tree with some other fixes
and send another pull request in this MW.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada