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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:28:58 -0700
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To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>
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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] is Kconfig a bit hard sometimes?
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> wrote:
>
> I know the yes trick works for kernels older than 3.7 but maybe people
> should start using make olddefconfig ;)

Honestly, I wish more people just ran "oldconfig" and then started
complaining about people adding insane Kconfig options.

I seem to be the only one ever pushing back against some of the people
out there that add Kconfig options that really make zero sense (or
that add the oddest drivers or features with a crazy "default this
thing to on").

                       Linus