linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] init/config: Do not select BUILD

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Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:17:35 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] init/config: Do not select BUILD_BIN2C for IKCONFIG

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 6:38 AM Joel Fernandes (Google)
<joel@...lfernandes.org> wrote:
>
> Since commit 13610aa908dc ("kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to
> embed config_data.gz"), IKCONFIG no longer uses BUILD_BIN2C so prevent
> it from being selected in Kconfig.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>


This patch is independent of 1/2,
and trivial enough.

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>


> ---
>  init/Kconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index ea75bfbf7dfa..ffcb2f90543f 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ config BUILD_BIN2C
>
>  config IKCONFIG
>         tristate "Kernel .config support"
> -       select BUILD_BIN2C
>         ---help---
>           This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file
>           contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation
> --
> 2.21.0.392.gf8f6787159e-goog
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada