[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 19398 - raskin - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Michael Raskin wrote:

> Author: raskin
> Date: 2010-01-13 15:16:08 +0000 (Wed, 13 Jan 2010)
> New Revision: 19398
> 
> You can view the changes in this commit at:
>    https://svn.nixos.org/viewvc/nix?rev=19398&view=rev
> 
> Added:
>    nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/config-blocks.nix

Sharing the configuration between multiple kernel versions seems like a nice
idea (I've thought about it), but I believe it will actually make it harder to
maintain the kernel configs.  For instance, if Linux 2.6.34 comes along and you
find you need to add an option to `generalOptions' or remove an option to
`virtualisation', you have to consider the impact of that change on *all* other
kernel versions.

-- 
Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/