Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] kconfig: Introduce KCONFIG(), KCONFIG_BUILTIN() and KCONFIG_MODULE()

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:42:04 -0400 Arnaud Lacombe wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:28:05 +0200 Michal Marek wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dne 26.7.2011 17:04, Randy Dunlap napsal(a):
> >>> > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:21:39 +0200 Michal Marek wrote:
> >>> >> On 26.7.2011 15:01, Américo Wang wrote:
> >>> >>> BTW, the name KCONFIG(CONFIG_NUMA) seems ugly.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Suggest a better one :). The proposals so far:
> >>> >> config_is_numa() (breaks grep)
> >>> >
> >>> > explain, please.
> >>>
> >>> If you grep for CONFIG_FOO usage, you'll miss this alternate syntax.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Ack.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> >> CONFIGURED(CONFIG_NUMA)
> >>> >> ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA)
> >>> >> KCONFIG(CONFIG_NUMA)
> >>> >
> >>> > CONFIG(NUMA) || CONFIG(NUMA_BUILTIN) || CONFIG(NUMA_MODULE)
> >>>
> >>> same problem.
> >>
> >> Yes, I sorta got that after I sent the email.
> >>
> >> I guess I prefer your ENABLED() syntax then.
> >>
> > we need to be careful about namespace pollution/collision.
> >
> For the sake of having numbers:
> 
> % git grep -w ENABLED . | wc -l
>     116
> % git grep -w CONFIGURED . | wc -l
>      11
> % git grep -w KCONFIG . | wc -l
>       1

OK.  Then I would go back to a predicate like the original patch had,
e.g.:
	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA)

I think that using
	KCONFIG(CONFIG_NUMA)
is klunky (a highly technical term).

But Michal can do whatever he likes.

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~Randy
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