Kernel configurator request

Kernel configurator request

[John Bradford]

Traditionally, kernel configurators have produced .config files like
this:

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
[Very general options]

#
# Code maturity level options
#
[Code maturity level options]

#
# General setup
#
[General setup options]

..etc...

My kernel bug database parses .config files, and currently, if it
detects comments, (which don't appear to be commented out options), it
uses them to present a sorted list of options to the user.  (If there
are no comments, it remains uncategorised).

The problem is that at the moment the first, very general options, get
categorised under "Automatically generated make config: don't edit".

Obviously I can work around this, but it would seem to me to be better
to have the kernel configurators generate .config files like this:

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#

#
# Very general options
#
[Very general options]

#
# Code maturity level options
#
[Code maturity level options]

#
# General setup
#
[General setup options]

..etc...

John.

Re: Kernel configurator request

[Tomas Szepe]

> [john@grabjohn.com]
> 
> Obviously I can work around this, but it would seem to me to be better
> to have the kernel configurators generate .config files like this:
> 
> #
> # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
> #
> 
> #
> # Very general options
> #
> [Very general options]

[snip]

John,

AFAIK all you have to do to make this reality is add a "comment" clause
where you need it.

-- 
Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>

Re: Kernel configurator request

[John Bradford]

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> > Obviously I can work around this, but it would seem to me to be better
> > to have the kernel configurators generate .config files like this:
> > 
> > #
> > # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
> > #
> > 
> > #
> > # Very general options
> > #
> > [Very general options]
> 
> [snip]
> 
> John,
> 
> AFAIK all you have to do to make this reality is add a "comment" clause
> where you need it.

Excellent...

John.

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--- linux-2.5.55-orig/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-01-09 18:34:19.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.5.55/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-01-09 18:39:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
 #
 
+comment "General options"
+
 mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration"
 
 config X86