On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > > > Isn't it just a matter of using make xconfig or make gconfig or make > > > > menuconfig to select the drivers to build, and then not selecting > > > > micro PCM 20? Or just edit v4l/.myconfig by and and set the MIRO > > > > variables to 'n'? > In fact, if you don't select miro pcm20 at make > menuconfig/xconfig/gconfig, it will update both .config and .myconfig > files, allowing you to compile kernel without support for those boards > with just > make This is a problem when someone doesn't have the kernel source, just the distribution binary, since they don't have the conf programs. I think that some distributions come with enough code in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build to be able to build out-of-tree drivers, but don't have conf/qconf/lxdialog and so on. make allmodconfig doesn't need these programs, so users are ok there, but it turns on drivers they can't build, so they still have problems. > distro dependent, since it will depend on where are the .config file to > be applied. This is generally under /boot/config-x.y.z, but not always. > Also, if you use to compile with another kernel (using make build), what > config should be used? Shouldn't it always be in $(KDIR)/.config? If you try to build against a non-configured kernel source tree, you will not get very far. > > > I hope this explanation helps somebody to construct a fix to be merged > > > into the repository. (hint, hint) > The explanation is ok. Maybe you may convert it into a BUILD file, so > that we can include it at the repository :) Is that directed to Michael Krufky, who wrote that sentence, or to me? > > I haven't had so much luck with my changes to the build system getting merged. > I think I've commited some proposed changes by you. The part of the build system that builds the kernel's conf programs doesn't work with many 2.6.x series kernels. I had a patch which made it work with all 2.6 kernels and was, I think, a better way to go about it. Maybe I will try again. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
