[RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

[david at lang.hm]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> We are going to end up with a million+ (or something like that) "config
> <RANDOM_FOO_DISTRO>" options that are going to have to be kept up-to-date
> regularly...
> Do we really want that?
> Maybe we do, maybe we don't - I'm not saying anything either way - just
> pointing it out.
>
> I like the general idea - let a user pick the "make my distro work" option
> and then tweak from there. But, with hundreds (thousands?) of distroes out
> there, is it realy doable? Will we be able to keep things updated
> properly?

this needs to be more like 'make install' where the build system doesn't 
have specifics for every distro, but instead refrences a separate file 
that's provided in the same place by every distro, ideally separate from 
the kernel itself.

David Lang