From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268344AbUIKVjY (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:39:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268342AbUIKVjY (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:39:24 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:15659 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268337AbUIKVjP (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:39:15 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:39:31 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: displaying kbuild dependancies ... Message-ID: <20040911213931.GA22403@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040911202548.GA31680@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040911202548.GA31680@MAIL.13thfloor.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 10:25:48PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > Hi Sam! > > first, thanks for the kbuild stuff and all the > time spent on that ... I really love it > > > from time to time I encounter some issue which > usually keeps me busy for a while, and I think > there probably is a simpler solution to that ... > > the procedure: > > I'm configuring a 2.6.X-rcY-bkZ kernel for testing > with QEMU, which in my setup basically requires > some QEMU specific settings, I usually turn on/off > by just editing the .config file by hand, and then > invoking 'make oldconfig' ... > > to keep the possibility for error low, I usually > just remove the entries in question, and oldconfig > will ask me the relevant question, leading to a > nice config adapted to my purposes ... > > the issue: > > sometimes a dependancy doesn't allow me to remove > a config option, I absolutely have to remove for > my setup, like the VGA_CONSOLE, and then the hunt > for the option 'requiring' that one unconditinally > beginns ... > > usually I start with grep and end with trial and > error, until I find the malicious dependancy ... The only option today is to turn on the debug option in 'make xconfig'. I have been looking inot something better for menuconfig but frankly kconfig is not where I feel most comfortable. Sam