On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 10:30:35PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > Greg KH schreef op vr 01-05-2015 om 21:45 [+0200]: > > On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 09:31:36PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > > > Patch hijack: it's been my view for some time now that almost all > > > defconfigs are outdated in one way or another. And they are outdated > > > because they are not, as far as I can tell, updated regularly. So I > > > wonder whether there are any guidelines for defconfigs. What is their > > > purpose? What exactly can one expect when using a defconfig? > > > > When ever I bring this up, someone says, "but we need it to define how > > to select the options for my arch / board!" How real this is is really > > unknown to me but the arches other than x86 seem to insist that they are > > relevant. > > Perhaps I should, just for fun, rebuild v4.1-rc1 using a x86 defconfig > and see what happens. Note that I'm typing this on v4.1-rc1 using an > x86 .config based on what Fedora ships for 21 (which is, on its turn, > based on 3.19.5).
We know x86 defconfig doesn't really do much, if anything, these days. It used to be just a copy of Linus's configuration file, but given that the last time it was seriously updated was 2009, I doubt that it can even boot a modern x86 machine these days :) good luck! greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/