Re: [PATCH kmod v2 3/4] kmod: Add config command to show compile time configuration as JSON

[Michal Suchánek]

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 03:52:05PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 2023-07-12 16:00, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> 
> >Show prefix (where configuration files are searched/to be installed),
> >module compressions, and module signatures supported.
> 
> What about doing it like systemd and generate a .pc file instead 
> that can then be queried like so, e.g.:
> 
> $ pkg-config kmod --variable=modulesdir
> /usr/lib/modules

 - AFAICS tools packed with kernel generate but do not consume .pc files
   while JSON and jq are commonly used througout the kernel ecosystem
 - .pc files would be shipped with libkmod development package, not the
   kmod tool in a binary distribution

Other than that JSON and .pc files are roughly quivalent in usability.

Thanks

Michal