From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759644AbYHCVCR (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:02:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756651AbYHCVCF (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:02:05 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:42209 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756079AbYHCVCF (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:02:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:51 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Satish Eerpini Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Installer Message-ID: <20080803210051.GF7442@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <93655eb70808031350q16a5765bk3125e53bd042ba0e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <93655eb70808031350q16a5765bk3125e53bd042ba0e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 02:20:19AM +0530, Satish Eerpini wrote: > Hello everyone , : > > i have been writing a kernel installer which may make the kernel > installation process a lot more easier for noobs , (don ask me why > noobs would like to compile a kernel) , but atleast till they learn > to do it the good way ! > > i have written some code which is below , well i am stuck at one thing , ... > once the .config file is set , is there any method to compute the > exact no of files that are going to be compiled ?? >... Replacing the normal build output with something different doesn't make anything easier. Especially considering that your "once the .config file is set" seems to assume the user already configured the kernel himself... > Thanks > Satish cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed