Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/3] Update to use a .config file

[Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/15/2016 03:00 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 09:08:46AM +0100, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
> > On 06/14/2016 04:35 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 12:02:44PM +0100, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
> > > > Remove the old --xen-debug option, and instead, require the user to pass
> > > > a .config file matching the original build's .config.
> > > Hm, that throws this off a bit for the older hypervisors (to which
> > > I had backported livepatch). Perhaps we could add some logic to
> > > check if common/Kconfig exist?
> > At this point rather than adding extra logic to support different
> > still-experimental versions, I'd rather just have a different branch. Maybe
> > have a branch per Xen release?
> >
> > > And I also wonder if the --xen-debug option removal should be a seperate
> > > patch?
> > Well the two are related -- the motivation to use the .config is because the
> > debug flag is now controlled by the .config rather than the command-line
> > argument.
> But not in the 4.7 that is going out - that 'debug=y' is non-Kconfig?
> >
OK, I'll split it into two. Feel free to create a stable-47 branch in 
livepatch-build-tools.git with only the .config patch. Personally, I'd 
rather not spend much time backporting stuff to support a tech preview 
feature on an older branch.
--
Ross Lagerwall

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