Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: wrap kexec feature with CONFIG_KEXEC

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 01.09.15 at 19:55, <jonathan.creekmore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>>>>> On 01.09.15 at 16:29, <jonathan.creekmore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>> 
>> Which is both appreciated and understandable. I suppose you 
>> agree though that if you were to follow the model used for the 
>> kexec part, things would quickly become unwieldy. Hence I would 
>> strongly suggest considering to introduce Linux'es or a 
>> Linux-like configure mechanism before continuing to make code 
>> conditionally compilable. 
> 
> Oh, I definitely agree.
> 
> What exactly are you looking for? Are you looking for just a KConfig
> type of mechanism, or a full KBuild implementation. In a previous life,
> I ported both to an embedded RTOS build. I think it might be simpler to
> just start with a KConfig mechanism, though. If you want, I can take a
> swing at starting down that path.

Just Kconfig (I don't see any connection here to the need of a
clone of the Kbuild mechanism). But give it a little time for other
maintainers to voice an opinion (perhaps worthwhile spelling out
the intention in a separate mail thread).

Jan


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