Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:05:05 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] conditionalize some boring buffer_head checks |
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:31:50 -0400 Chris Friesen wrote:
| Jeff Garzik wrote: | > Tim Hockin wrote: | > | >> Somewhat off the original topic, but am I the only one who finds it weird | >> (and error-prone) that you have to add the same KConfig to a dozen or | >> more | >> Kconfig files? | >> | >> Shouldn't there be a KConfig libe, and all you need to do for the arch is | >> reference the CONFIG_FOO from the lib? Would at least save all the | >> duplicate strings and definitions... | | > Seems a lot easier just to gather the common definitions into a Kconfig | > file, and include it via the standard 'source' directive. | | Either way, I personally would be extremely grateful for some kind of | standard way to add a new configurable generic feature to every | architecture. I'm tired of having to add it manually. I hadn't | realized about the "source" feature--seems like we should be able to | pull a lot of stuff into something like that even now. | | On a side note, why is there no Kconfig for the "kernel" directory?
Use init/Kconfig for that.
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