Re: [GIT *] Remove inclusion of obsolete <linux/config.h>

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Tue Jul 11 2006 - 23:35:45 EST


> Well, it is probably unnecessary to include config.h for about eight
> months, but as it is not present in feature-removal-schedule.txt I've
> missed it. Thanks for pointing it out...
Obsoleting a header is not a "feature-removal" per se.

> FYI, fortunately (for you, unfortunately for VMware) 2.6.18's already broke
> our build script due to UTS_RELEASE being moved to separate file, so from
> VMware's viewpoint killconfig.h.git will not do any additional damage...
#include <linux/config.h>
#ifndef UTS_RELEASE
#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#endif

Then one can wonder why WMware needs UTS_RELEASE?

Sam
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