Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-14 Thread Oliver Xymoron
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 03:53:07 -0500, > "Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >But if we're going to push Linus and the kernel crew to switch to > >CML2, then why invite the political tsuris of trying to get a large > >patch into 2.4 now? Maybe I'

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Alan Cox
> The derived config variables should be in a separate name space, > whether config is CML1 or CML2. This patch does it for CML1. Why ? The only tool that needs to seperate them is the config check script and that has enough information to deduce them - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Alan Cox
> 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 > so

Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, 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. If it'

Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Philipp Rumpf
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:03:22PM +1100, 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

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 03:53:07 -0500, "Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >But if we're going to push Linus and the kernel crew to switch to >CML2, then why invite the political tsuris of trying to get a large >patch into 2.4 now? Maybe I'm missing something here, but this doesn't >seem n

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In 2.4.2-ac18 there are 130 CONFIG options that are always derived > > from other options, the user has no control over them. > > I've thought about these before ... but never got around to doing > anything about them. I agree they should have a separate

Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-12 Thread Peter Samuelson
[kaos] > In 2.4.2-ac18 there are 130 CONFIG options that are always derived > from other options, the user has no control over them. I've thought about these before ... but never got around to doing anything about them. I agree they should have a separate namespace. However, I would vote the f

Re: Rename all derived CONFIG variables

2001-03-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
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