Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:30:36 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.4.6-pre6: numerous dep_{bool,tristate} $CONFIG_ARCH_xxx bugs |
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:21:09AM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: > Create arch/Config.in which contains > > define_bool CONFIG_ARCH_i386 n > define_bool CONFIG_ARCH_ia64 n > define_bool CONFIG_ARCH_sparc n > > etc., then change each of the arch/xxx/Config.in files to > source arch/Config.in as their first line first. Still ugly but the > mainline configs will be much more readable. It also guarantees that > any future tests on $CONFIG_ARCH_somearch will work, even if the code > does not use if statements.
I'd rather that we fixed dep_* so that undefined symbols were treated as 'n', just like the makefiles treat undefined symbols.
On ARM, we have a lot of CONFIG_ARCH_* variables (which yes, I know, should be CONFIG_MACH_*, but its too late to change it now), and cluttering up the place with lots of if ... then fi stuff is much less readable than the dep_* stuff.
-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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