[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH 02/11] linux-ls1: upgrade to 3.12.37-rt51 plus fsl patches

[Liu Ting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: otavio.salvador at gmail.com [mailto:otavio.salvador at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Otavio Salvador
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 12:39 AM
> To: Liu Ting-B28495
> Cc: Daiane Angolini; meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH 02/11] linux-ls1: upgrade
> to 3.12.37-rt51 plus fsl patches
> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Liu Ting <ting.liu at freescale.com> wrote:
> ...
> >> In this case, you should fix the defconfig on kernel source. All
> >> defconfig files should be trimmed using 'make savedefconfig' so it
> >> shows the differences among versions in a more visible and traceable
> >> way
> > [Liu Ting-B28495] the defconfig was maintained by our kernel
> > development team. They only update the file in kernel source, not the one in
> Yocto layers.
> > How about copying the defconfig from kernel source directly in
> do_configure_prepend()?
> > This can avoid mismatch. I will send a patch out for review.
> 
> We use the local defconfig for BSP user convenience. This has been covered in
> past[1].
> 
> 1. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.embedded.yocto.meta-freescale/10448
> 
> Regarding the savedefconfig, there is an article[2] which you can look.
> 
> 2. https://lwn.net/Articles/397363/
[Liu Ting-B28495] thanks for the info, Otavio.
It turns out that the previous defconfig was not trimmed by 'make savedefconfig'.
The one I updated is a trimmed one.

> 
> Regards,
> 
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