Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 May 2015 21:45:32 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkkconfigsymbols.py: add option -i to ignore files |
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On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 09:31:36PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > Valentin Rothberg schreef op wo 29-04-2015 om 16:58 [+0200]: > > Sometimes a user might be interested to filter certain reports (e.g., > > the many defconfigs). > > Is this actually useful outside of filtering out defconfigs? > > > Now, this can be achieved by specifying a Python > > regex with -i / --ignore. > > Patch hijack: it's been my view for some time now that almost all > defconfigs are outdated in one way or another. And they are outdated > because they are not, as far as I can tell, updated regularly. So I > wonder whether there are any guidelines for defconfigs. What is their > purpose? What exactly can one expect when using a defconfig?
When ever I bring this up, someone says, "but we need it to define how to select the options for my arch / board!" How real this is is really unknown to me but the arches other than x86 seem to insist that they are relevant.
thanks,
greg k-h
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