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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Satish Eerpini <eerpini@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Installer
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:25:43 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4896CB17.8050701@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <93655eb70808032046y594f38a3u16b7fa2cc6291b1d@mail.gmail.com>

Satish Eerpini wrote:
>> Replacing the normal build output with something different doesn't make
>> anything easier.
>>
>> Especially considering that your "once the .config file is set" seems to
>> assume the user already configured the kernel himself...
>>
> 
> i am not just trying to replace the output , i am not a stupid to
> waste my weekend sitting just to replace the output  :-),
> if u are interested , u can check out the entire TODO for the app here
> http://satish.playdrupal.com/?q=node/2
> 
> but in the process i am stuck at deciding the no of files that will be
> compiled , given that representing the entire compilation
> process as a progress bar , would give a clear idea of " how much is
> over" and "how much is left" !!!

make -n makes make do a dry-run but kbuild is a pretty complex beast and
you might have to jump through some loops to get the information you want.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-04  9:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-03 20:50 Kernel Installer Satish Eerpini
2008-08-03 21:00 ` Adrian Bunk
     [not found]   ` <93655eb70808032045vd6130e9m147d3e3ae8b159b5@mail.gmail.com>
2008-08-04  3:46     ` Satish Eerpini
2008-08-04  9:25       ` Tejun Heo [this message]
     [not found]         ` <93655eb70808040357m2e2893c5n3deb34012d5f212b@mail.gmail.com>
2008-08-04 11:00           ` Satish Eerpini
     [not found]             ` <12fc08bc0808040658g3fda79a6r407401b2e328ebea@mail.gmail.com>
2008-08-04 21:31               ` Satish Eerpini
2008-08-04 14:03       ` Jeff Dike
2008-08-04 21:30         ` Satish Eerpini
2008-08-04  5:03 ` Bob van Manen

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