[RFC] powerpc: put the common parts of the ppc64*defconfigs in a Kconfig file

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:24 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> We cannot put the unsetting of config options in the Kconfig file, nor
> the integer or string options.
> 
> I checked that after this we get the same .config files generated (except
> for the addition of the new PPC64_DEFCONFIG* config options.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> ---
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig                  |   2 +
> arch/powerpc/configs/Kconfig          | 295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig  | 301 +---------------------------------
> arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64e_defconfig | 297 +--------------------------------
> 4 files changed, 302 insertions(+), 593 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/configs/Kconfig

Am I missing something here, isn't this a bit of a maintenance pain if symbol names change?

Also, how much of a benefit is this?

- k