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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/1] init/Kconfig: Split expert menu into a separate file, init/Kconfig.expert
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On Mon, 2015-05-11 at 15:04 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:50:21PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-05-11 at 13:23 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > +config KALLSYMS_ALL
> > > + bool "Include all symbols in kallsyms"
> >
> > (For some reason this entry doesn't have if EXPERT but it seems to
> > behave as expected. Odd.)
>
> Because it depends on KALLSYMS. Magic!

Welcome to the land of Kconfig!

> > > + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KALLSYMS
> > > + help
> > > + Normally kallsyms only contains the symbols of functions for nicer
> > > + OOPS messages and backtraces (i.e., symbols from the text and inittext
> > > + sections). This is sufficient for most cases. And only in very rare
> > > + cases (e.g., when a debugger is used) all symbols are required (e.g.,
> > > + names of variables from the data sections, etc).
> > > +
> > > + This option makes sure that all symbols are loaded into the kernel
> > > + image (i.e., symbols from all sections) in cost of increased kernel
> > > + size (depending on the kernel configuration, it may be 300KiB or
> > > + something like this).
> > > +
> > > + Say N unless you really need all symbols.
> > > +
> > > +config PRINTK
> > > + default y
> > > + bool "Enable support for printk" if EXPERT
> >
> > Now you're touching this: bool [...] as the first line, please.
>
> I'd like the commit moving these to their own file to very obviously
> look like it's moving these lines unmodified, rather than making changes
> in the process. If you want this (and all the subsequent instances you
> flagged) cleaned up, let's do that as a subsequent patch separate from
> the move.

That was one of my pet peeves leaving it's cage. Still, not sure if we'd
really notice if it's not a simple move. But a separate patch would
mainly add noise, so let's not do that.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle



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