From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753479AbZITOkw (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:40:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752689AbZITOkv (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:40:51 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.123]:47111 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752372AbZITOku (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:40:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Feedback on "kbuild: generate modules.builtin" From: Steven Rostedt Reply-To: rostedt@goodmis.org To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Michal Marek , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, JBeulich@novell.com, lkml In-Reply-To: <20090920132856.GA26845@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <200909181949.n8IJnT4R019097@imap1.linux-foundation.org> <20090920132856.GA26845@merkur.ravnborg.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Kihon Technologies Inc. Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:40:52 -0400 Message-Id: <1253457652.20020.630.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 15:28 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:49:29PM -0700, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > > From: Michal Marek > > > > To make it easier for tools like mkinitrd to detect whether a needed > > module is missing or whether it is compiled into the kernel, install a > > modules.builtin file listing all modules built into the kernel. This is > > done by generating an alternate config file with all tristate =y options > > set to =Y and reading the makefiles with this config included. The built > > in modules then appear in obj-Y. > > Hi Michael. > > [Added Steven on cc: as he had done some kconfig > hacking lately]. Thanks! > > Got some time (finally) to look at this. Unfortunately, I'm about to leave for two weeks. I got LinuxCon and LinuxPlumbers to present at in Portland, then I fly off to Dresden Germany to present at OSADL conference there. So I wont have anytime to look at this until I'm done with these. But please, keep me posted on any changes like this. Thanks, -- Steve > I understand the functionality and I have myself had the need > to see builtin modules. > > As for the implmentation I have a few comments.