From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ro-out-1112.google.com ([72.14.202.180]:38784 "EHLO ro-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751750AbYADNXd (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:23:33 -0500 Received: by ro-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p4so1410100roc.5 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:23:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:23:16 +0800 From: WANG Cong Subject: Re: Kbuild update Message-ID: <20080104132316.GA2485@hacking> Reply-To: WANG Cong References: <20080103213255.GA21811@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080103213255.GA21811@uranus.ravnborg.org> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: linux-kbuild , LKML {snip} >TODO items (from my mailbox - I have plenty more) >================================================= >- asm-offset useable from modules (Oleg had a half backed solution) >- modpost should use err(), warn() etc (suggestyed by Rusty) >- less kernel hardcoding in kconfig (Rob Landley) >- emit dependencies from "depends" (Bernhard Fischer) >- fix select (whatever that means) >- allow kconfig to accept overrides (Jan Engelhart) > maybe there is a patch, needs followup >- document kernel build better (Andreas Hermann) > just a start, more is needed >- save ARCH and CROSSCOMPILE > requires major surgery to do correct - we use CC too early >- i18n patch for mconf and friends (from Kernel Translator project) > is old but several bits of it needs to be applied to better support i18n Hmm, I glanced at that project. It's old and seems freezed now. I don't know if people still have interests in the i18n of kconfig. If so, I think I can help with the Chinese part. ;) >- i18n support in kernel > some like it, others don't. But now we have japanese versions of some docs... Well, in fact, we've already had some Chinese docs too. ;) Just have a look at Documentation/zh_CN/. >- use GCC --combine (David Woodhouse) >- more color themes (Jan Engelhart) > and I would like them selectable from inside menuconfig >- walk throug the ~15 qconf related patched - are they relevant? >- document use of __init and related sections >- Use seperate sections for all init sections to improve checking >- improve headers_check (10x speed up is possible by doing a dir-by-dir check) > >bugzilla.kernel.org >=================== >7103 sam@ravnborg.org NEW 2.6.17.* initramfs problem >3174 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.7 make rpm creates erroneous version number >3486 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.4-52 "make clean" on external driver will clean the kernel sou... >6860 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.18-rc1 'make deb-pkg' create incorrect package name >7042 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.17.7 Recursing into /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build infects my b... >8275 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.21-rc5-g28d... make rpm-pkg broken for git cloned sources > I will take a look at the problems and see if I can help you. {snip} >Note: The kbuild stuff is done only in my spare time and > with 3 kids, a wife and a full-time job I am often lacking behind. Thanks for your work, Sam!