On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:26 PM, <da...@lang.hm> wrote: >> Some of the proposed ways to implement the minimum distro kernel would not >> allow you to override the distro defaults because they would be implemented >> by setting dependancies, not by selecting options that you as the user could >> then unselect. > > The sanest thing to do is just a list of "select" statements. And in > any case it would have to depend on the "distro config" entry, so EVEN > THEN you could just create the Kconfig file, then edit out the distro > config thing, and then do whatever you want.
Except that "select" is one of the ugliest things in Kconfig, as it blindly sets a symbol without checking if its dependencies are fulfilled. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- ge...@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMuHMdWopF1MjHjNT_CAnu=ptu8x8oxyw4m+y2-xhehff2x...@mail.gmail.com