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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] is Kconfig a bit hard sometimes?
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On 07/10/2017 11:28 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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").

I could -- and I have a few times. But usually it needs a $maintainer
to make others listen.  I'm just a lurker.


-- 
~Randy