Re: UNS: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add *_silentdefconfig feature for config targets

2007-10-22 Thread Andres Salomon
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:21:55 +0200 (CEST) Roman Zippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Andres Salomon wrote: > > > > I would really like to avoid another input mode. > > > I think it be better to implement this as a combination of "-s -D > > > " and the silent mode is

Re: [kbuild-devel] [PATCH] kconfig: add *_silentdefconfig feature for config targets

2007-08-22 Thread Sam Ravnborg
> > > - We seem to switch between using _() and not using it for strings; I'm > > assuming that we don't actually care about i18n in conf.c, and that the > > _() stuff was just copied from elsewhere. If that's not the case, I > > can update the patch to wrap strings properly. > > I

Re: UNS: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add *_silentdefconfig feature for config targets

2007-08-21 Thread Roman Zippel
Hi, On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Andres Salomon wrote: > > I would really like to avoid another input mode. > > I think it be better to implement this as a combination of "-s -D > > " and the silent mode is adjusted to read another config instead > > of .config if defconfig_file is set. > > > > As wo

Re: UNS: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add *_silentdefconfig feature for config targets

2007-08-21 Thread Andres Salomon
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:29:36 +0200 (CEST) Roman Zippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Andres Salomon wrote: > > > AFAICT, there is nothing similar when using *_defconfig; one must copy > > a .config manually, and then run silentoldconfig. Simply running the > > associ

Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add *_silentdefconfig feature for config targets

2007-08-21 Thread Roman Zippel
Hi, On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Andres Salomon wrote: > AFAICT, there is nothing similar when using *_defconfig; one must copy > a .config manually, and then run silentoldconfig. Simply running the > associated _defconfig will quietly update the config (which may silently > drop config options). This

[PATCH] kconfig: add *_silentdefconfig feature for config targets

2007-08-20 Thread Andres Salomon
Being able to run 'silentoldconfig' with an existing .config has been immensely useful, especially for automated builds. If the kernel code changes in an incompatible manner without the associated .config being updated, the build will fail and call attention to the need for an update. AFAICT, th