[PATCH 2/4] ARM: shmobile: Set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION in defconfigs

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 04:48:46PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at linux-m68k.org>
>>
>> This allows to derive the kernel flavor from the kernel version.
>
> Is this a common practice for ARM?

Not really, only 5 ARM deconfigs do that.
Globally, ca. 10% of the Linux defconfigs do it.

> I'm a little hesitant to take this if its not.
> Particularly as we are planing to deprecate these defconfigs
> in favour of a shared multiplatform defconfig.

A shared multiplatform defconfig can still have
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-shmobile", so you'll know it's a multiplatform
kernel when you see the dmesg.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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