From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8932C43A1D for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A0D520873 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 5A0D520873 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-m68k.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726608AbeGLHdp (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2018 03:33:45 -0400 Received: from mail-ua0-f193.google.com ([209.85.217.193]:43867 "EHLO mail-ua0-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725992AbeGLHdp (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2018 03:33:45 -0400 Received: by mail-ua0-f193.google.com with SMTP id x24-v6so17815321ual.10 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:25:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=wauO80yeKxnRA3t7vNBrIwdhOvfUL5sRZ6lDoLeRqOU=; b=l3qpBSLS/fjFg68B+IUFU+KV5fjHhiPn/Ca8nt43a0dKgep6BLQm6RYlpxuL0H9Ptx JvHM1zMdLryic5gLY4IbnO6qHPGW54zeU9CAFxTFTDzOMQQ6v+zNQL9NA6B9m5pls2A1 2gQEzdzyGaX8V50Fqw47AOsSElrkdMVDZNdkKPHn6b/qGua/P1XGMRuoIB8rWGaM7nW6 j3dJUXu3yhdY1ba0h2r/Fz1Th05VkcK+F5mh9yNUtrwu1ip6kFhhKlGOp6QNPtxD6f8V qIVudLu/AsQj1wwSMB+BarJ3ZSTU22KAjd9VIycayzhdC+J2HXOWHeskjg8gDQwDp8Ki t9VA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlG52TGwjplQj4MwUGOWQxq05LSZVn7neXC/kG42OhuLT5WmtqWa yhWcgjYkQFBn8md6pZaC52sgv66jnE+9KARETsA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpcHyC6m00uPseBUXaunz7/NRd3Dxm95XASHkSiThJgDtVdcgD/iFn3QVoeyNOJykm+xaKLi7JQvzSl9ns5vCfs= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:5b57:: with SMTP id v23-v6mr632160uae.72.1531380327534; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:25:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180711142649.4556-1-geert+renesas@glider.be> In-Reply-To: From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 09:25:15 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: defconfig: Set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION in multi v4t/v5/v7 defconfigs To: Olof Johansson Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Russell King , Arnd Bergmann , Kevin Hilman , Linux ARM , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Olof, On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 11:46 PM Olof Johansson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 7:26 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: > > This allows to derive the kernel flavor from the kernel version at > > runtime. > > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven > > I prefer not to have this go in -- this is extremely likely to creep > into derivative configs and as such it would have no value (you can't > be sure it's still the same config). Fair enough. Unfortunately we cannot prevent that from happening :-( > /proc/config.gz is the way to keep track of exactly what config you're > running anyway, right? Yes, in some convoluted and hard to identify way ;-) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds