Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2001 02:25:05 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables |
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Keith Owens wrote: > > In 2.4.2-ac18 there are 130 CONFIG options that are always derived from > other options, the user has no control over them. It is useful for the > kernel build process to know which variables are derived and which > variables the user can control. There are also 6 CONFIG options that > are not used anywhere. > > ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/2.4.2-ac18-config_derived.gz > > is a 583,904 byte (unzipped) 114,291 (gzipped) patch which removes the > unused variables and renames the 130 derived variables from CONFIG_FOO > to CONFIG_FOO_DERIVED. The affected variables are :-
Not only do I think that CONFIG_xxx_DERIVED needlessly extends the name of derived vars, but your patch does not belong in a stable series. Derived CONFIG_xxx vars are likely to be referenced in source. Changing those vars in the middle of a stable series pointlessly breaks external source code.
I hope vendors don't start applying this patch...
Jeff
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