[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Stefan Richter wrote: >> build-time configuration has to deal with different, more >> complex questions than run-time configuration. ... > what config options must be selected by the user at build time? (i.e. no > sane default can possibly be deduced from the hardware) > > there are a lot of options that, if selected, will affect the final > result significantly. but I can't think of any that can't have a > reasonable default. ...
I agree that sets of defaults, e.g. based on usage profiles, help a lot. Alas the 'select' keyword enforces one particular profile. (And it is currently broken and generally dangerous and inefficient for dependencies deeper than one level.) -- 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/
