Re: [PATCH] consolidate in kernel configuration

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:32:21 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote:

| 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@osdl.org>
| > 
| > 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?

OK, I don't mind and don't think it will matter.
Can you help?  :)

--
~Randy