Re: Bug in arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h [Was: next cleanup report: "bad" references to CONFIG variables]

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Jun 25 2009 - 16:42:24 EST


On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 03:27:18PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>
> > If you continue this then please filter the know false positives.
> > For once start ignoring defconfigs.
>
> just to be clear, yes, there are numerous output lines from
> defconfig files, but a simple entry in a defconfig file can never
> *contribute* to something being flagged as bad or unused. all those
> lines represent is the subsequent global search once something *has*
> been flagged as unused or bad, just to show where it occurs anywhere
> in the tree (which is sometimes informative).
>
> if a variable occurred *only* in defconfig files, it would be
> ignored and nothing would be printed for it. but if that defconfig
> output has no value, i can toss it.

It only indicates that the defconfig is old.
And this is irellevant for this - so toss it.

Sam
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