Re: Kernel Installer

["Satish Eerpini" <eerpini@gmail.com>]

lot more work needs to be done , before the kernel installer would be
useful for a newbie , and the GUI front end would be the major part of
it !

Thanks
Satish

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:28 PM, GNU Boi <kernel.boi@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey man thanks as u have started a kernel installer i (we newbie) like
> it ........
>
> On 8/3/08, Satish Eerpini <eerpini@gmail.com> wrote:
>> using make -n does not work well for my purpose , because with that ,
>> the neat kernel compilation output is gone , and i think it is far
>> more work to make sense out of the entire details make -n gives .
>>
>> I rather came up with this idea , though i think it is more time consuming ,
>> :
>>
>> --> enter each directory recursively and parse the Makefile for the
>> files that would be compiled ,
>> --> this can be done by comparing the "CONFIG_" options which have
>> been enabled in .config
>> --> and then should also make note of the other 'objs' being compiled
>> for the required objects .
>>
>> but all this has to be done in a way which minimises the amount of CPU
>> time the installer takes , because while we are running the make for
>> the compilation , it itself consumes a lot of CPU cyles . (CC
>> actually) ,........
>>
>> another obstacle i have faced is recognising when the Linux image is
>> being built , and when the compiling enters into the second stage ,
>> viz , building modules ........ but knowing the total no of modules to
>> be compiled is simple as it is already given out by kbuild.
>>
>> what i need to know , is there any method by which the total no of
>> files to be compiled can be computed internally in the kbuild process
>> itself , ......
>> or the second method would be to "echo" markers (basically text
>> messages)  after each stage of the compilation which can be caught by
>> the installer , ... but i am sure this is not the best of the methods
>> to be followed , ..........
>>
>> is this possible ?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>>> Satish Eerpini wrote:
>>>>> 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...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i am not just trying to replace the output , i am not a stupid to
>>>> waste my weekend sitting just to replace the output  :-),
>>>> if u are interested , u can check out the entire TODO for the app here
>>>> http://satish.playdrupal.com/?q=node/2
>>>>
>>>> but in the process i am stuck at deciding the no of files that will be
>>>> compiled , given that representing the entire compilation
>>>> process as a progress bar , would give a clear idea of " how much is
>>>> over" and "how much is left" !!!
>>>
>>> make -n makes make do a dry-run but kbuild is a pretty complex beast and
>>> you might have to jump through some loops to get the information you want.
>>>
>>> --
>>> tejun
>>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Satish
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