On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote:
> OK. Well all of your hits for 405EX, 440GRX, 440SPe, and
> WANT_DEVICE_TREE in arch/powerpc seem bogus. I dunno if you prune
> those when reported or not.
not normally, but i don't know what you mean by "bogus":
$ grep -r "config 405EX" *
arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Kconfig:config 405EX
$
$ grep -r CONFIG_405EX *
arch/powerpc/configs/makalu_defconfig:CONFIG_405EX=y
arch/powerpc/configs/kilauea_defconfig:CONFIG_405EX=y
$
so, AFAICT, there exists a definition of the Kconfig variable 405EX,
which is subsequently not referenced *anywhere* in the tree except in
a couple defconfig files, which don't count. how, then, does that
Kconfig variable have any practical value? or am i missing something
painfully obvious?
> > > And you have false positives on several CPU variables, as they
> > > are used within Kconfig files themselves to select different
> > > sets of options.
> >
> > yes, i know ... perhaps there's a simple way to filter those out
> > but, at the moment, it's pure brute force. i'm guessing i could
> > make that script a bit smarter but it probably isn't worth the
> > investment in time. law of diminishing returns and all that.
>
> Maybe. If the same false positives keep showing up people might
> ignore it. I won't, but others might.
fair enough, but since this scanning happens only once every release,
it's not like it's a burden. and if people want to ignore it, that's
fine, too.
rday
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