[Buildroot] [PATCH] [RFC] linux: add option to avoid kernel kconfig updates

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 19-10-15 20:02, gustavo.zacarias at free-electrons.com wrote:
> From: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo.zacarias at free-electrons.com>
> 
> Some packages require specific kernel options enabled to be of any use,
> however when building a kernel with a specific configuration intended
> for binary-only modules this can be counterproductive.

 Can you give a concrete example of this? The options that we set automatically
should only be options that are really required for building or running. So if
you don't set it, it's not going to work anyway. If there is some option that is
not really required, then we shouldn't be setting it.


 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Add an option to disable this behaviour and leave the .config alone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo.zacarias at free-electrons.com>
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