From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760089AbYELITi (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756182AbYELITb (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:31 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:37947 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755916AbYELITa (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Andrew Morton cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] KCONFIG: With a simple menuconfig, kernel debugging is prettier. In-Reply-To: <20080506135844.b0b12d05.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <20080506135844.b0b12d05.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 6 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:31:26 -0400 (EDT) > "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > > Implementing kernel debugging with a menuconfig allows for the removal > > of a pile of unnecessary dependencies. > > Kconfig.debug | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-) > > I'm afraid, > > akpm:/usr/src/25> grep -l lib/Kconfig.debug pc/*.pc > pc/documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir-disable.pc > pc/documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir.pc > pc/git-sched.pc > pc/git-x86-latest.pc > pc/linux-next.pc > pc/make-frame_pointer-default=y.pc > pc/mm-add-a-basic-debugging-framework-for-memory-initialisation.pc > pc/mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.pc > pc/page-owner-tracking-leak-detector.pc > pc/profile-likely-unlikely-macros.pc > pc/slab-leaks3-default-y.pc > > that our chances of finding a window in which to merge this patch > are pretty darn small. fair enough, but is there any sort of reorg that can be done with the kernel debugging menu? it really is getting a bit out of hand. at the very least, could it be collected into related categories? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================