Re: [PATCH -mm] compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Jan 03 2008 - 02:23:42 EST


On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:12:28PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I have no opinions about the config symbol names. Among the existing
> precedents for internal/descriptionless symbols I find more not using the
> HAVE_ prefix than those using it.
The convention is newly established - so no suprise.

> The patch versions I've sent now work
> fine, fix the parallel build problem people were seeing, and AFAICT follow
> the style of what's already in common use. At this point, I think it would
> be easiest just to keep them and have you send symbol-renaming patches
> for any and all symbols of this sort that concern you as separate cleanups.
Would love to - but the pile of other kbuild stuff only gets bigger..

Sam
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