From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>,
zippel@linux-m68k.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml@googlemail.com>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] kconfig: streamline distro configs for testers
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:02:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090821210215.GA26956@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0908211641130.30182@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > ah - indeed, i forgot that it bases its decision off /proc/config,
> > if available, right?
>
> Here's the list in order of seach:
>
> 1. local .config file (in tree root)
> 2. /proc/config.gz
> 3. /boot/config-`uname -r`
> 4. /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` (extracts .config if configured in)
> 5. vmlinux (local built vmlinux if .config is configured in)
> 6. /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
> 7. kernel/configs.ko
> 8. kernel/configs.o
>
> I originally had /proc/config.gz but Andi Kleen correctly pointed
> out that it would be more intuitive if we use the local .config
> first. This would be something that I myself would expect. If you
> don't want the local .config used, then simply delete it.
Well, but there's already a mechanism to include configs as a
must-have list: KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=.config.
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-21 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-19 2:56 [PATCH 00/14] kconfig: streamline distro configs for testers Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 01/14] kconfig: add streamline_config.pl to scripts Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 02/14] kconfig: make localmodconfig to run streamline_config.pl Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 03/14] kconfig: add make localyesconfig option Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 04/14] kconfig: streamline_config.pl do not stop with no depends Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 05/14] kconfig: do not warn about modules built in Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 06/14] kconfig: enable CONFIG_IKCONFIG from streamline_config.pl Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 07/14] kconfig: add check if end exists in extract-ikconfig Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 08/14] kconfig: have extract-ikconfig read ELF files Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 09/14] kconfig: keep config.gz around even if CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC is not set Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 10/14] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 11/14] kconfig: unset IKCONFIG_PROC and clean up nesting Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 12/14] kconfig: test for /boot/config-uname after /proc/config.gz in localconfig Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 13/14] kconfig: make local .config default for streamline_config Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 2:56 ` [PATCH 14/14] kconfig: test if a .config already exists Steven Rostedt
2009-08-19 14:29 ` [PATCH 00/14] kconfig: streamline distro configs for testers Greg KH
2009-08-20 21:30 ` Andrew Morton
2009-08-20 21:43 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-20 22:13 ` Andrew Morton
2009-08-21 13:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 15:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 16:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 17:39 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 21:39 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-08-21 9:21 ` Amerigo Wang
2009-08-21 14:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 14:50 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 14:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 16:03 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 16:05 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 16:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 16:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 19:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 20:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 20:32 ` Greg KH
2009-08-21 20:34 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 20:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-21 20:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 21:02 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2009-08-21 21:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21 16:52 ` [PATCH] kconfig: add missing dependency of conf to localyesconfig Steven Rostedt
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