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List:       linux-kbuild
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] x86: Let AS_WRUSS depend on X86_64
From:       Jiri Slaby <jirislaby () kernel ! org>
Date:       2023-10-31 14:10:38
Message-ID: c9f43a23-9202-41f3-b8fb-bf48f74e8a1e () kernel ! org
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On 31. 10. 23, 15:05, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 02:59:39PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> As I wrote, we have a config which maintainers feed through oldconfig when
>> updating the kernel. This time we got WRUSS=y. It was stored in git and
>> later passed to build the kernel. And we received a different config from
>> the build (WRUSS=n).
>>
>> We diff the two and error out if the built kernel differs from the passed
>> configuration. Which is the case here.
> 
> I sure hope that diffing script can ignore Kconfig items.

Definitely, I can add an ignore on that level.

> Because this
> doesn't sound like a reason to "fix" the upstream kernel and as Masahiro
> says, it doesn't change anything anyway.

It changes what's in .config and corresponds 1:1 to what is used during 
the build.

Now, I have a .config from "make oldconfig". But "make all" will read it 
and flips the value. (That is IMHO misleading, but I can live with that, 
provided I now know. Not sure about others though.)

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs

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