Re: How to check the kernel compile options ?

From: Thomas Capricelli (tcaprice@logatique.fr)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 11:30:19 EST


I like this. Which bring me to the latest FAQ : when will that be integrated?

Has linus ever stated why kbuil/cml2 haven't been integrated yet ? They're
almost orthogonal to the IO changes. And, anyway, the compilation of 2.5.x
seems _already_ broken.

Thomas

On Monday 04 February 2002 22:09, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:34:40 -0500,
>
> David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com> wrote:
> >At 01:22 PM 2/4/02, you wrote:
> >>I have had in my /sbin/installkernel a clause to save .config as
> >>config-<foo> when I install vmlinuz-<foo>; I believe anyone not doing
> >>that[1] is, quite frankly, a moron.
> >
> >Why not a simple patch for "make install" to do this?
>
> Simple? From kbuild 2.5 which does exactly this ...
>
> mainmenu_name "ix86 Installation"
>
> choice 'Format to compile kernel in' \
> "vmlinux CONFIG_VMLINUX \
> vmlinuz CONFIG_VMLINUZ \
> bzImage CONFIG_BZIMAGE \
> zImage CONFIG_ZIMAGE" bzImage
>
> bool 'Use a prefix on install paths' CONFIG_INSTALL_PREFIX
> if [ "$CONFIG_INSTALL_PREFIX" = "y" ]; then
> string ' Prefix for install paths' CONFIG_INSTALL_PREFIX_NAME ""
> fi
> string 'Where to install the kernel' CONFIG_INSTALL_KERNEL_NAME
> "/lib/modules/KERNELRELEASE/KERNELBASENAME" bool 'Install System.map'
> CONFIG_INSTALL_SYSTEM_MAP
> if [ "$CONFIG_INSTALL_SYSTEM_MAP" = "y" ]; then
> string ' Where to install System.map' CONFIG_INSTALL_SYSTEM_MAP_NAME
> "/lib/modules/KERNELRELEASE/System.map" fi
> bool 'Install .config' CONFIG_INSTALL_CONFIG
> if [ "$CONFIG_INSTALL_CONFIG" = "y" ]; then
> string ' Where to install .config' CONFIG_INSTALL_CONFIG_NAME
> "/lib/modules/KERNELRELEASE/.config" fi
> if [ "$CONFIG_VMLINUX" != "y" ]; then
> bool ' Install vmlinux for debugging' CONFIG_INSTALL_VMLINUX
> if [ "$CONFIG_INSTALL_VMLINUX" = "y" ]; then
> string ' Where to install vmlinux' CONFIG_INSTALL_VMLINUX_NAME
> "/lib/modules/KERNELRELEASE/vmlinux" fi
> fi
> bool 'Run a post-install script or command' CONFIG_INSTALL_SCRIPT
> if [ "$CONFIG_INSTALL_SCRIPT" = "y" ]; then
> string ' Post-install script or command name' CONFIG_INSTALL_SCRIPT_NAME
> "" fi
>
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