Re: [PATCH][RFC] x86: add non x86 build configuration

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Oct 30 2008 - 16:05:35 EST



On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> One important detail: could you please flip around the modality of the
> option? Right now it's CONFIG_SIMULATE_NON_X86_CONFIGURATION, and that
> will be set by allyesconfig. But it has the exact opposite effect of
> an "all yes" config.

Hmm, I made it a choice, with the "Normal Config" as default, so that
allyesconfig will not set it. Does it get set for you when you do an
allyesconfig? I had to do the following:

make allyesconfig
make menuconfig <change to NON x86>

to get this option on for testing.

>
> So please name it something like CONFIG_STANDARD_X86_FEATURES, and
> also make it depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED (only allow it to be turned off
> when EMBEDDED is enabled).

I'll have to extend my Kbuild foo to learn to do these inverse selects.

-- Steve

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