stefan makes a number of points, all of which i'll add to the wiki
page shortly (if i get ambitious enough), but i'll answer them here as
well.
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Maturity_levels
>
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> >> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > i think there's a real benefit in being able to say that you can
> > configure and build a kernel that incorp
DEPRECATED features."
+ depends on ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+ default y
+
+config MATURITY_OBSOLETE
+ bool "Display OBSOLETE features."
+ depends on ACTIVATE_MATURITY
+ default y
+
config BROKEN
bool
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Set the default for creating deprecated sysfs files to "no".
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Given that the help info for this entry states that "None of these
features or values should be used today," it makes more sense for the
con
A small formatting fix, and add a few lines describing the origin of
the git-based "localversion" string for the kernel version.
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f977086..4d5aef6 100644
--- a/init/Kc
Replace the obsolete variant "depends" with the standardized form
"depends on" in Kconfig files.
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given that "depends on" was accepted as the standard Kconfig
directive over "depends" and
Fix a couple grammatical errors in arch/i386/Kconfig.
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diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 2f76725..b7a3b2f 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -850,9 +850,9 @@ config RELOCATABLE
Remove the reference to an external mqueue library since that was
merged into glibc in 2004.
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f977086..ed2e0d3 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 06:01:17 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >
> > A small formatting fix, and add a few lines describing the origin of
> > the git-based "localversion" string for the kernel version.
>
Some formatting fixes, add a few lines describing the origin of the
git-based localversion string, and remove the last couple of lines
that erroneously claim that "git" isn't required for this, and that
Perl is.
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Make the visibility of the entire ACPI submenu dependent on PM.
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given that de-selecting Power Management (PM) de-activates the
entire contents of the ACPI submenu, it seems pointless to leave the
top-level menu entry visible
Replace the apparently misspelled "MODVERSIONS" preprocessor
variable with "CONFIG_MODVERSIONS".
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diff --git a/drivers/char/rocket.c b/drivers/char/rocket.c
index 76357c8..94473fc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/r
Replace the apparently misspelled preprocessor variable
"MTD_NAND_DISKONCHIP_BBTWRITE" with the correct form
"CONFIG_MTD_NAND_DISKONCHIP_BBTWRITE".
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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/
Replace the apparently misspelled preprocessor variable "PRINTK"
with "CONFIG_PRINTK".
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not sure who the official maintainer here is, sorry.
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 555
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 06:38:32PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > Replace the apparently misspelled preprocessor variable "PRINTK"
> > with "CONFIG_PRINTK".
>
> this looks wrong.
>
> >
DEBUG_DRIVER
drivers/base/Kconfig:config DEBUG_DRIVER
...
it's clearly a configuration variable, but it's also being used by
itself in a few drivers/net/ source files. is that deliberate?
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Correct the incorrect CONFIG_ variables currently in
drivers/usb/input/Makefile that prevent three of the touchscreen
source files from being built.
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it *looks* like this is the right fix, but i'm just on my way out the
door so
abc.o
= NLS_ISO8859_10 =
./fs/nls/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_10) += nls_iso8859-10.o
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ent. either you
allow individual architectures to define their own additional Kconfig
files or you don't. mixing the two approaches is a recipe for
confusion.
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Jan Glauber wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 05:55 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > i'm betting the S390 folks would *really* hate that idea but, if you
> > look closely, the generic Kconfig file *already* has some
> > arch-dependent conte
console.o
= XTENSA_VARIANT_LINUX_CUSTOM =
./arch/xtensa/Makefile:variant-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_VARIANT_LINUX_CUSTOM):=
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > = MACHINE =
> > ./arch/ppc/boot/simple/Makefile:# zimage-$(CONFIG_MACHINE) and
> > zimagerd-$(CONFIG_MACHINE) to the target
> > ./arch/ppc/bo
ly wants to set a kernel config option to
some outrageous value, they should have that freedom. it's called
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reasonably clear, now it remains to be seen if enough
people think it's worth implementing.
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> I see a discussion on OBSOLETE vs. BROKEN there, which even ended in
> a consensus, but I do not see an explicit discussion on OBSOLETE vs.
> DEPRECATED.
i think this online definition matches what i have in mind:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rl
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > i think this online definition matches what i have in mind:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-10,GGGL:en&defl=en&q=define:Deprecated&sa=X&oi=glossar
Remove the apparently redundant GFP_KERNEL type flag in the call to
kmalloc().
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diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
index a988d5a..765ded0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
+++ b/driver
Remove the apparently redundant GFP_KERNEL type flag in the call to
kmalloc().
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diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/device.c b/drivers/message/i2o/device.c
index b9df143..8ef3ca4 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/device.c
+++ b/drivers/m
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:40:39 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > i'd always assumed that the type flags of GFP_ATOMIC and GFP_KERNEL
> > were mutually exclusive when
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> On Apr 30 2007 04:46, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >> >
> >> > i'd always assumed that the type flags of GFP_ATOMIC and GFP_KERNEL
> >> > were mutually exclusive when it came to calling kmalloc(), at lea
Correct a minor spelling mistake in a Kconfig warning message.
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diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
index c86c27f..f14aeac 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @
Allow the install script arch/i386/boot/install.sh to fall back to try
the generic "installkernel" command if a CROSS_COMPILE version isn't
available.
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the rationale here:
after cross-compiling the kernel for x8
tle consistency would be nice here, don't you think?
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On Tue, 1 May 2007, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 05:16:13AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
... snip ...
> > in other words, the PCMCIA ioctl feature *has* been listed as
> > obsolete for quite some time, and is already a *year and a half*
> > overdue fo
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Delete the apparently unused header file net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.h.
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matching source file net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.c. oh, well ...
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.h
ers/net/declance.c:#define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c:#define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
i think "__unused" is the clear choice here.
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On Wed, 2 May 2007, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 2 May 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > not only that, but there are numerous files that *already* use
> > "__unused":
> >
> > $ grep -rw __unused *
> > ... snip lots of output here ...
> >
redibly wasteful to take the time to create and submit a
feature removal patch that ends up just *establishing* that something
shouldn't be deleted yet. i'm sure most people here can think of
better things to do with their time.
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go. read. comment. update. add. remove. it's a wiki. don't make
me pull this car over and explain it. :-)
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it.
as it is, i think this issue has been flogged adequately on this
mailing list, and it can safely be moved elsewhere where people who
care about it can still get to it.
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Remove the obsolete "if [ ]" construct from the video console Kconfig
file.
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not sure who should have been CCed on this one.
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index aa3935d..63b8
/page_alloc.c:
MAX_ACTIVE_REGIONS);
is it fair to say there's something strange going on here before i
run any more tests?
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$ ../dead_config.sh kernel
== PROVE_SPIN_LOCKING ==
kernel/spinlock.c:#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_SPIN_LOCKING
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$ ../dead_config.sh net/atm
== BR2684_FAST_TRANS ==
net/atm/br2684.c:#ifdef CONFIG_BR2684_FAST_TRANS
net/atm/br2684.c:#endif /* CONFIG_BR2684_FAST_TRANS */
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== BT_SCO_DEBUG ==
net/bluetooth/sco.c:#ifndef CONFIG_BT_SCO_DEBUG
== BT_SOCK_DEBUG ==
net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c:#ifndef CONFIG_BT_SOCK_DEBUG
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vs/ip_vs_sh.c:#define IP_VS_SH_TAB_BITS
CONFIG_IP_VS_SH_TAB_BITS
net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sh.c:#define IP_VS_SH_TAB_SIZE (1 <<
IP_VS_SH_TAB_BITS)
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_XFS_TRACE)+=
xfs_dir2_trace.o
fs/xfs/Makefile-linux-2.6:118:xfs-$(CONFIG_XFS_TRACE) +=
support/ktrace.o
fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.h:75:#ifdef CONFIG_XFS_TRACE
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o i'm not going to be touching those
files. also, adding that extra check wouldn't add anything useful to
the output.
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CDC_DEVICE_CLASS,
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lse /* CONFIG_WD33C93_PIO */
drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c:297:#endif /* CONFIG_WD33C93_PIO */
drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h:193:#ifdef CONFIG_WD33C93_PIO
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On Thu, 3 May 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 03 May 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > Suggest: configfiles=$(find . -name 'Kconfig*' -or -name '*defconfig*')
> > >
> > > Some CONFIG_ options exist that are not declared anywhere in t
VI_SCATTER
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On Thu, 3 May 2007, Russell King wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 06:10:28AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > $ ../dead_config.sh drivers/scsi
> > == ACORNSCSI_CONSTANTS ==
> > drivers/scsi/arm/acornscsi.c:106:#undef CONFIG_ACORNSCSI_CON
On Thu, 3 May 2007, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 06:40 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > $ ../dead_config.sh drivers/video
> > == FB_68328_INVERT ==
> > drivers/video/68328fb.c:53:#if defined(CONFIG_FB_68328_INVERT)
>
> Can be ma
Remove the single snippet of code conditional on the non-existent
CONFIG_NO_ATA_LEGACY Kconfig variable.
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i would have mailed a note about this to the ATA maintainer but it
wasn't clear who that was. this is the only d
a not remapped
(CONFIG_MM_MAP_MEMORY not set)\n",
drivers/block/umem.c:1095:#ifdef CONFIG_MM_MAP_MEMORY
drivers/block/umem.c:1120:#ifdef CONFIG_MM_MAP_MEMORY
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drivers/char/drm/r128_drm.h:267:#if CONFIG_XFREE86_VERSION <
XFREE86_VERSION(4,1,0,0)
drivers/char/drm/r128_drm.h:272:#if CONFIG_XFREE86_VERSION >=
XFREE86_VERSION(4,1,0,0)
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PRxK ==
drivers/pcmcia/m8xx_pcmcia.c:108:#ifdef CONFIG_PRxK
drivers/pcmcia/m8xx_pcmcia.c:545:#if defined(CONFIG_PRxK)
drivers/pcmcia/m8xx_pcmcia.c:605:#endif /* CONFIG_PRxK */
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drivers/serial/sh-sci.c:201:#ifdef CONFIG_SH_KGDB
drivers/serial/sh-sci.c:217:#endif /* CONFIG_SH_KGDB */
drivers/serial/sh-sci.c:739:#ifdef CONFIG_SH_KGDB
drivers/serial/sh-sci.c:1264:#ifdef CONFIG_SH_KGDB
drivers/serial/sh-sci.c:1310:#endif /* CONFIG_SH_KGDB */
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"dirver"?
/at24.txt | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring
"... should be added the compatible field ..."??
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um ... all i asked was whether that code should be updated to reflect
more than just floppies. i didn't foresee the can of worms here.
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de/linux/compat.h
include/asm-parisc/compat.h
include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
include/asm-x86_64/compat.h
include/asm-powerpc/compat.h
include/net/compat.h
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, David Newall wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > while killing some time between compiles and ridding the
> > kernel-parameters.txt file of out-of-date or incorrect cruft, it
> > occurs to me that that file is borderline valueless since it
> > a
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, David Newall wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > if the goal is to simply put all of the basic boot-time kernel parms
> > along with the module-specific ones into a single file, sorted in
> > alphabetical order, then i contend that this is, in fact,
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Rogan Dawes wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > p.s. by "basic", i mean those boot-time parms defined by either
> > "__setup()" or "early_param()". which means that module writers
> > should, as much as possible,
-pkg" instead? that would match fedora's
"kernel-devel" naming convention.
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r) {
+ *retptr = localptr;
+ }
+
return ret;
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On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:58:03AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> >
> > > A summary of what is planned to be submitted in next merge window for
> > > kbuild.
> > >
use, or does it matter?
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iables that
literally include the word "EXPERIMENTAL"?
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t file reorganized, where the basic boot time
parms are at the top, followed by module specific parameters *after*
that, in alphabetical order by module name. i think that would make
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" to "lots of stupid details". Let's not make it worse.
here's a radical idea -- what about splitting the content across two
documents? you know ... perhaps "coding style aesthetics" versus
"coding distinctions" or something like that.
oh, wait ...
On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> >
> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
> >>> b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
> >>> index b5f41d4..dda160
of them *do*.
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
...
> among other things, one of the creepy issues here is the definition in
> include/linux/netfilter/xt_sctp.h of the macro:
>
> ...
> #define SCTP_CHUNKMAP_COPY(destmap, srcmap)
y LTT-ng? just curious.
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Given the existing "retain_initrd" boot-time parameter defined in
init/initramfs.c, there appears to be no need for the equivalent
"keepinitrd" parameter.
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not compile-tested, so i'll leave it with haavard
Given the equivalent "retain_initrd" boot-time paramater, "keepinitrd"
appears to be entirely superfluous.
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since this appears to be exactly the situation as with AVR32, it's
an equivalent patch. there ar
whitespace.php3
and you wouldn't *believe* how much space you can save by getting rid
of all that annoying indentation. and don't even get me *started* on
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>
> It's header-y vs unifdef-y in include/linux/Kbuild. The former is
> for plain headers exported to userspace as-is. The latter need
> preprocessing to remove __KERNEL__, CONFIG_*, etc.
AFAIK, the only preprocessing that's removed is "_
ctly PAGE_SIZE in size. just an
observation.
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ght want to start there to get up to speed if you intend to
invest any time in this.
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rather than just including, say, a hypothetical vsprintf.h? just
curious.
in any case, it would seem that kernel.h could stand a good cleaning.
it give the impression of just being an arbitrary dumping ground when
folks can't figure out where to put something.
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Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo,
ve autoconf.h out of
it.
rday
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Robert P. J. Day
Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
http://crashcourse.ca
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Jaswinder Singh wrote:
> hello rday,
>
> On 9/24/07, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Jaswinder Singh wrote:
> >
> > > hello rday,
> > >
> > > In my view autoconf.h is the index of kern
...
i mean, it doesn't get a whole lot simpler than that, and it would
seem to be *way* easier to read.
thoughts?
rday
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Robert P. J. Day
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 13:35 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > $ show_subsystem drivers/bluetooth/bpa10x.c
> > BLUETOOTH
>
> "what's a subsystem"? I'm not sure there is an appropriate
> definition. If th
ertainly incomplete. might as well just write a script for
the scripts/ directory which accepts an architecture and a version of
gcc and tells you what the current situation is and what you can do
about it.
rday
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