>> menu "General setup" >> >> +config STABLE >> + bool "Stable kernel" [...] > a) Why in Kconfig, why not in Makefile? > > b) Of course nobody wants STABLE=n. :-) How about: > > config RELEASE > bool "Build for release" > help > If the kernel is declared as a release build here, then > various checks that are only of interest to kernel development > will be omitted.
PS: Also, it could be reversed (e.g. config TESTBUILD) and put into the Kernel Hacking submenu. > c) A drawback of this general option is, it's hard to tell what will be > omitted in particular. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== -=-= ===== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/