Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 May 2015 09:41:36 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [RFC v1] tree-wide: remove "select FW_LOADER" uses |
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On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 09:11:34AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > That's what the EXPERT protection is for. > FW_LOADER will always be enabled, unless people think they're smarter > than they are, and enable EXPERT, and disable FW_LOADER.
I know. I was just making the negative aspect of "depends" vs "select" in that particular case, explicit. Just so that it is mentioned in the conversation.
> If you want to boot randconfig kernels, create an allrandomconfig file > listing all options that must have a certain value: > > $ cat allrandomconfig > CONFIG_EXPERT=n > CONFIG_MY_CRITICAL_FEATURE=y > ... > $ > > and use "make randconfig KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=1".
I do that but does everyone who builds randconfigs? I had to go and look what variables Kbuild honors and prep an all.config and yadda yadda...
So maybe we should put that as a note somewhere for randconfig-building people.
> You trimmed too much, so I had to readd it manually ;-)
Yeah, that's what mail threads are for.
People tend to reply to a huuge mail with one sentence, bury it somewhere on page gazillion and one and not trim the rest. Antisocial behavior, that. :-P
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. --
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