[PATCH] arm: add default value for PHYS_OFFSET Kconfig setting

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Dec 1 09:19:46 EST 2011


On Thursday 01 December 2011, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Commit 1b9f95f8ade9efc2bd49f0e7b9dc61a038ac3eef introduced the new
> Kconfig for PHYS_OFFSET but it did not specify a default value.
> 
> This has the undesired side effect of breaking an implictly used
> trick for updating defconfigs on the fly for routine buildtesting
> across all arch and all platforms, i.e.
> 
>   cp /path/to/somedefconfig .config ; yes "" | make oldconfig
> 

FWIW, a better way to achieve the above is using 

make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=/path/to/somedefconfig listnewconfig alldefconfig

which does not have this problem.

Your patch looks still ok, but you might want to update your scripts
to be more robust.

	Arnd



More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list