Re: [PATCH 00/14] kconfig: streamline distro configs for testers

Steven Rostedt
2009-08-21T21:17:46Z

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> * 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.

That's something I can add to try first.

-- Steve