Re: [PATCH 2/2] diffconfig: add verification mode

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon Feb 10 2025 - 00:24:40 EST


On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When creating kconfig files from defconfig files or snippets some items
> from the reference config may be silently omitted when dependency
> constraints are not met.
> Manual validation is necessary to make sure that the expected items are
> present in the new configuration. As the constraints can change over
> time, this validation has to be repeated.
> Extend the diffconfig script with a validation mode that can be used to
> perform those validation easily and in an automated manner.



This is a niche solution and is not worthwhile for upstream inclusion.




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Masahiro Yamada