[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: remove useless lines for DPAA2

[Shreyansh Jain]

On Tuesday 03 April 2018 12:33 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 03/04/2018 08:55, Shreyansh Jain:
>> On Tuesday 03 April 2018 03:36 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> Some comments are not relevant in a config which only overrides
>>> the default config.
>>>
>>> The option CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_DRIVER is already disabled
>>> by default so it can be removed from this file.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
>>> ---
>>>    config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc | 7 -------
>>>    1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> I think DEBUG_DRIVER should exist in local config so that a developer
>> can easily toggle it without modifying the common_base, which should
>> serves as repository rather than toggle.
> 
> No, the file to be modified is .config in the build directory,
> not the default config.

In my environment I prefer changing the platform config rather than 
local .config as that way I can track changes through git.

> 
>> I do see the problem that having an option in common_base and then
>> having it again in local config without overriding (=n) - is non-intuitive.
>>
>> But, I still feel it is easier to control changes in local config -
>> (make T=<local config>) is easily visible.
> 
> It is not a local config file.
> The local config is .config.

Sorry, allow me to rephrase my previous wordings:

s/local config/platform config/

Anyways, this is just my personal preference - not a big inconvenience.
Thanks for the patch.

Acked-By: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com>