• Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can’t handle them.
  • Tabs were intentionally added to the common Kconfig file for page sizes to expose faulty parsers.
  • Torvalds believes parsers unable to handle tabs shouldn’t be parsing kernel Kconfig files, aiming to force fixes.
  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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    7 months ago

    I’ll take you up on that. ChatGPT, translate this commit message to actual Linus style:

    Subject: Regarding Commit d96c36004e31

    So apparently, this commit thought it was a brilliant idea to strip away a tab because some third-rate kernel config parsing tool couldn’t handle it. Seriously? We’re bending over backward for these tools now?

    Listen up, if your parsing tool throws a tantrum over a tab, it’s time to rethink your life choices. Tabs are as fundamental to Kconfig files as oxygen is to humans. If you can’t handle tabs, you have no business parsing kernel configurations.

    And let’s not pretend this is some isolated incident. The whole tab vs. space saga is like a bad sitcom rerun from the '70s. Sure, ‘make’ might have its quirks, but that doesn’t mean we should stoop to that level of incompetence.

    I’m tempted to flood our Kconfig files with tabs just to prove a point, but let’s not make a mess where it’s not needed. However, if this idiocy persists, don’t be surprised if I start tabbing everything in sight.

    Let’s get our priorities straight, people. We’re building a kernel here, not babysitting fragile parsing tools. So let’s fix this mess and move on to more important things.

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      7 months ago

      I’m tempted to flood our Kconfig files with tabs just to prove a point, but let’s not make a mess where it’s not needed. However, if this idiocy persists, don’t be surprised if I start tabbing everything in sight.

      This is genius.