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Tom Rini

So, is there some logic in the linux kernel to exclude some CONFIG options from all{yes,rand}config builds? Over in U-Boot I'm poking at making allyesconfig link at least on sandbox, but there's a number of options where we guard enabling something to start with and then don't provide bogus default addresses/etc.

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conor

Conor Dooley

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@trini I believe that's done with "depends on !COMPILE_TEST". Few cases actually cite the reason why, but there's a bunch of options that do that and some (eg ARM_HAS_GROUP_RELOCS) say why.
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trini@floss.social

Tom Rini

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@conor Ah thanks. I should put somewhere on the back-burner reverting commit 6262afa10ef7 ("kconfig: default to zero if int/hex symbol lacks default property") and see if some broader use of COMPILE_TEST is needed.

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