On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 02:27:38PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > > > On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > oddly, in the current YP kernel dev manual, i don't see the > > phrase "is not set" explained anywhere in the entire doc, > > which is weird since it seems like it would be important. > > > > The manuals don't cover the mechanics of how the mainline kernel is > > configured. Just the same way the don't cover the configuration > > language for any number of packages in the system. > > assuming i'm understanding your position, that's where i'm going to > *strongly* disagree. people who work with the mainline kernel in a > non-OE environment don't use kernel config fragment files. period. > AFAIK (and correct me if i'm wrong), .cfg kernel config fragment files > are exclusively an OE/YP thing, so there is no reason for normal > kernel developers to understand how they work.
You are *strongly* wrong! I know many kernel developers using this: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh > knowing how regular kernel configuration works, and how kernel > config fragment files are processed to aid in that process, are two > *entirely* different things, and how those files are processed is, > IMHO, most assuredly the responsibility of the OE/YP docs to explain. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
