From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:17:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:17:27 -0400 Received: from sunny-legacy.pacific.net.au ([210.23.129.40]:64969 "EHLO sunny.pacific.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:17:18 -0400 Message-Id: <200106141214.f5ECEaL3022945@typhaon.pacific.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 (debian 2.3.1-1) with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Horst von Brand Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Download process for a "split kernel" (was: obsolete code must die) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:07:11 -0400." <200106141207.f5EC7CA4030080@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> In-Reply-To: <200106141207.f5EC7CA4030080@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:14:35 +1000 From: David Luyer Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (I wrote) > > This might actually make sense - a kernel composed of multiple versioned > > segments. A tool which works out dependencies of the options being selected, > > downloads the required parts if the latest versions of those parts are not > > already downloaded, and then builds the kernel (or could even build during > > the download, as soon as the build dependencies for each block of the kernel > > are satisfied, if you want to be fancy...). > > Please do look at the archives to find out just why this idea is floated > each 3 to 4 months and then shot down, and why. Well, I'm actually looking at the 2nd idea I mentioned in my e-mail -- a very small "kernel package" which has a config script, a list of config options and the files they depend on and an appropriately tagged CVS tree which can then be used for a compressed checkout of a version to do a build. (Or maybe something more bandwidth-friendly than CVS for the initial checkout.) Maybe I'll find the spare time to do it, maybe I won't, either way I won't post any more on the subject until I have something tangible (so far I've just done the 'easy bit': written a quick shell script which imported 2.4.x into a tagged CVS tree; the 'hard bit', to write a script to analyse each kernel rev and determine which files are used by which config options and mix that in together with the minimal install for a 'make menuconfig' will take somewhat longer). David. -- David Luyer Phone: +61 3 9674 7525 Engineering Projects Manager P A C I F I C Fax: +61 3 9699 8693 Pacific Internet (Australia) I N T E R N E T Mobile: +61 4 1111 2983 http://www.pacific.net.au/ NASDAQ: PCNTF