linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: apuv2: fix input dependencies

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Date:   Tue, 5 Mar 2019 15:56:15 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
        Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: apuv2: fix input dependencies

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 3:50 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<lkml@...ux.net> wrote:
> On 05.03.19 09:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > 1. try to use 'depends on' if you can
>
> Well, this has the unpleasant side effect that we often have to enable
> a lot of things, just to even see the individual driver. For people who
> just wanna configure a kernel for their board, this is a bit nasty.
>
> But, okay, I'm going to do this w/ my own tool - I've written a small
> tool that allows easy kernel reconfiguration on a higher level: you
> can just pick some board templates and enable high level features like
> eth, gpu, etc - it automatically creates a .config for you. I'm going
> announce it on lkml soon.

Darren gave a talk about merging kernel configs to get something like
you want to.
This tool is quite long already lying around. merge_config.sh in your
kernel source tree.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko