From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935851AbWK1K7U (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:59:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S935852AbWK1K7U (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:59:20 -0500 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:61101 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935851AbWK1K7U (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:59:20 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 72.57.81.197 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:55:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Arjan van de Ven cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: mismatch between default and defconfig LOG_BUF_SHIFT values In-Reply-To: <1164708938.3276.65.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Message-ID: References: <1164708938.3276.65.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > ... > > > > is it worth trying to bring the Kconfig.debug default values into > > line with the defconfig file values, to avoid any possible confusion? > > I don't think so. defconfig is just there to get some working > system. You should really pay attention to the config options you > care about, and select the value YOU want. Neither defconfig nor the > "default value" matter in that. Of course especially the "default > value" should be a sane one, but it is in this case.. your system > boots and works fine. > > defconfig also tends to be the config used by the arch maintainer, > eg the one he uses for his system. He might very well have different > preferences than you have... fair enough. i didn't *think* there was any technical reason why those values had to match, i just thought i'd ask. rday