Re: [PATCH] arm: add default value for PHYS_OFFSET Kconfig setting

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Dec 01 2011 - 09:19:54 EST


On Thursday 01 December 2011, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Commit 1b9f95f8ade9efc2bd49f0e7b9dc61a038ac3eef introduced the new
> Kconfig for PHYS_OFFSET but it did not specify a default value.
>
> This has the undesired side effect of breaking an implictly used
> trick for updating defconfigs on the fly for routine buildtesting
> across all arch and all platforms, i.e.
>
> cp /path/to/somedefconfig .config ; yes "" | make oldconfig
>

FWIW, a better way to achieve the above is using

make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=/path/to/somedefconfig listnewconfig alldefconfig

which does not have this problem.

Your patch looks still ok, but you might want to update your scripts
to be more robust.

Arnd
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/