Re: [PATCH] consolidate in kernel configuration

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 16:35:05 EST


On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:53:46AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>
> We also need a decent way to run scripts/extract-ikconfig and build
> scripts/binoffset. I recall that SuSE has/had a 'make cloneconfig'
> once upon a time (in 2.4.x). I've begun on a 'make getconfig' (but
> I can rename it to 'cloneconfig' if that's more appropriate), but
> it needs some more work (i.e., not yet working). [patch below]
>
>
> Thanks,
> --
> ~Randy
>
>
>
> (beginning, not working...)
> add 'getconfig' target to extract kernel config from the kernel image file
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>
>
> diffstat:=
> Makefile | 6 ++++++
> scripts/Makefile | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff -Naurp ./scripts/Makefile~getconfig ./scripts/Makefile
> --- ./scripts/Makefile~getconfig 2004-06-23 07:21:28.000000000 -0700
> +++ ./scripts/Makefile 2004-06-23 09:16:06.266845368 -0700
> @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
> # docproc: Preprocess .tmpl file in order to generate .sgml docs
> # conmakehash: Create arrays for initializing the kernel console tables
>
> -host-progs := conmakehash kallsyms modpost mk_elfconfig pnmtologo bin2c
> +host-progs := conmakehash kallsyms modpost mk_elfconfig pnmtologo \
> + bin2c binoffset
> always := $(host-progs) empty.o
>
> modpost-objs := modpost.o file2alias.o sumversion.o
> diff -Naurp ./Makefile~getconfig ./Makefile
> --- ./Makefile~getconfig 2004-06-23 07:21:23.000000000 -0700
> +++ ./Makefile 2004-06-23 09:22:46.571989736 -0700
> @@ -675,6 +675,11 @@ include/config/MARKER: include/linux/aut
> @scripts/basic/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
> @touch $@
>
> +.PHONY: getconfig
> +getconfig: $(srctree)/scripts/binoffset
> + scripts/extract-ikconfig $@


There is a conflict with what rule to select here since all *config targets are sent to
scripts/kconfig.
Since what is done here is handling the kernel config maybe everything should be
moved there?

Sam
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