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SubjectRe: [patch 1/8] init: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:17:32 -0800 (PST)
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Dec 2010, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> > > Doesn't this patch series break the 'bisectable' rule for patches?
> > > I think you can get by with adding a CONFIG_EXPERT selects CONFIG_EMBEDDED
> > > in the first patch and the last patch removing that same selects.
> >
> > How about leaving it that way during the merge window even? That would
> > help people sending git pull requests that add new dependencies on
> > CONFIG_EMBEDDED. David can submit another patch that removes the
> > temporary CONFIG_EMBEDDED option along with any new users in -rc2
> > or for 2.6.39 then.
> >
>
> Ok, so there are a few pending EMBEDDED dependency additions in linux-next
> as of next-20101230, which should be a pretty good indicator of what type
> of conflict we might risk during the merge window.
>
> - three new defconfig files:
>
> 89ba4d12: arch/arm/configs/ag5evm_defconfig
> 6cfce27c: arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig
> d58f0967: arch/blackfin/configs/BF561-EZKIT-SMP_defconfig
>
> - 3ce05168 (drm/kms: load fbcon from drm_kms_helper)
>
> - b595076a (tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos)
>
> Instead of CONFIG_EXPERT select CONFIG_EMBEDDED, we could add a ninth
> patch which does CONFIG_EMBEDDED select CONFIG_EXPERT and tag it in some
> way so we know it's only temporary for the merge window to find new
> CONFIG_EMBEDDED entries.
>
> Andrew, this would be going through your -mm tree anyway, so how would you
> prefer to merge it?

um, one big patch shortly after -rc1 is released?


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