[ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

[ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

[Giacomo Catenazzi]

Hello!

I just release a new verion of kernel autoconfig.
The kernel autoconfiguration utility will help user to detect and
configure the kernel. The detection is soft, thus no hangs!

It is still in test phase, thus now it prints only the proposed
configuration. To change real configurations, I'm still waiting for
a working CML2.


On my hardware database there are:

1007  pci cards
 111  devices (block and char)
  37  file systems
   7  console drivers
   8  net protocols
 511  resources strings.

+ some extra special detection.

Project homepage:
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/kautoconfigure/

How to use: (now, testing phase)
  unpack the files (better: in a new directory)
  > bash autoconfigure.sh | less
  check the output.
  no super user privileges required!


I need some help:
- Some drivers detect pci in a strange way, I could not check every
files.
  Please check if your cards are included.
- Check, add extra detections


I will do:
- updates to the database when a new official kernel version is released
- interface with CML2 (partially done, but CML2-9.0.1 has still bugs)
- better 'CONFIG_*=N' handling (e.g. I will check is a drivers depends
  on PCI. If this PCI card is not found, I can safely tell you that the
  device is not in the box).
- generate inverse dependences.


Comments?


        giacomo


PS. I have done the autodetection reading the source and not using
    real hardware, thus ... no warranty.

PPS: This tools is designed mainly for newbies (in kernel compiling...),
     thus I don't expect to have a real autodetection on very special
     machines. [But I expect in the future to do this :-) ]

Re: [ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

[Andrey Panin]

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Hi Giacomo,

one small remark, presence of the Philips SAA7146 doesn't mean presence of 
the Stradis video capture card. This multimedia bridge chip is very 
multipurpose device and can be used on very different cards (for example satellite
DVB receivers).

Best regards.

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Re: [ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

[William Stearns]

Good day, Giacomo,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:

> How to use: (now, testing phase)
>   unpack the files (better: in a new directory)
>   > bash autoconfigure.sh | less
>   check the output.
>   no super user privileges required!

	Nice work - that's a neat way to do it.
	One detail; you appear to assume that bash2 is being used.  If
bash1 is /bin/bash, one gets syntax errors.  The following patch allows
the script to run under bash1 and bash2, with no noticeable problems.

--- autoconfigure.sh-0.9.1.2.orig	Wed Feb 14 15:37:30 2001
+++ autoconfigure.sh	Thu Feb 15 10:59:45 2001
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 }
 function found () {
     local conf=CONFIG_$1
-    if [ "${!conf}" !=  "y" ]; then
+    if [ "${conf}" !=  "y" ]; then
 	define $1 y
     else
 	debug "$1=y"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 }
 function found_y () {
     local conf=CONFIG_$1
-    if [ "${!conf}" != "y" ]; then
+    if [ "${conf}" != "y" ]; then
 	define $1 y
     else
 	debug "$1=y"
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 }
 function found_m () {
     local conf=CONFIG_$1
-    if [ "${!conf}" != "y"  -a  "${!1}" != "m" ]; then
+    if [ "${conf}" != "y"  -a  "${1}" != "m" ]; then
 	define $1 m
     else
 	debug "$1=m"
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 }
 function found_n () {
     local conf=CONFIG_$1
-    if [ -z "${!conf}" ]; then
+    if [ -z "${conf}" ]; then
 	define $1 n
     else
 	debug "$1=n"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 }
 function provide () {
     local prov=PROVIDE_$1
-    if [ "${!prov}" !=  "y" ]; then
+    if [ "${prov}" !=  "y" ]; then
         eval "PROVIDE_$1=y"
 	debug "PROVIDE_$1"
     fi
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     set `od -An -tx1 -v $f`
     x0=$1; shift   # make variables zero-based
     echo -n "${1}${x0},${3}${2}"
-    if [ "${14}" == "00" ]; then
+    if [ "${14}" = "00" ]; then
 	echo -n ",${45}${44},${47}${46}"
     fi
     echo ",${8};Class:${11}${10},${9}"


	I'm sure I'm missing the real reasons why the "${!" and "=="
syntaxes were used (I don't know what they do, as I stick to bash1 for
portability), so my apologies in advance.
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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Re: [ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

[Andreas Schwab]

William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com> writes:

|> Good day, Giacomo,
|> 
|> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:
|> 
|> > How to use: (now, testing phase)
|> >   unpack the files (better: in a new directory)
|> >   > bash autoconfigure.sh | less
|> >   check the output.
|> >   no super user privileges required!
|> 
|> 	Nice work - that's a neat way to do it.
|> 	One detail; you appear to assume that bash2 is being used.  If
|> bash1 is /bin/bash, one gets syntax errors.  The following patch allows
|> the script to run under bash1 and bash2, with no noticeable problems.
|> 
|> --- autoconfigure.sh-0.9.1.2.orig	Wed Feb 14 15:37:30 2001
|> +++ autoconfigure.sh	Thu Feb 15 10:59:45 2001
|> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
|>  }
|>  function found () {
|>      local conf=CONFIG_$1
|> -    if [ "${!conf}" !=  "y" ]; then
|> +    if [ "${conf}" !=  "y" ]; then
|>  	define $1 y
|>      else
|>  	debug "$1=y"

This is plain wrong.  ${!conf} and ${conf} are completely different
things.

Andreas.

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