linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] diffconfig: add verification mode

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQbgn+gv7JWmj7erzwnMU71Mb+6LGiwOHcRsprdFnjbyw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:23:47 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] diffconfig: add verification mode

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> When creating kconfig files from defconfig files or snippets some items
> from the reference config may be silently omitted when dependency
> constraints are not met.
> Manual validation is necessary to make sure that the expected items are
> present in the new configuration. As the constraints can change over
> time, this validation has to be repeated.
> Extend the diffconfig script with a validation mode that can be used to
> perform those validation easily and in an automated manner.



This is a niche solution and is not worthwhile for upstream inclusion.




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Best Regards

Masahiro Yamada