On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Alan Jenkins wrote: > On 4/30/09, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Instead of using the .config in the local directory. This patch > > changes streamline_config.pl to search various locations for a config. > > > > Here's the list and order of search: > > > > /proc/config.gz > > /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` > > vmlinux # local to the directory > > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko > > kernel/configs.ko > > kernel/configs.o > > .config > > > > Once it finds a file that contains a config (it checks if the binary > > objects have configs first) it then uses it to create the .config > > with minimum modules needed. > > Maybe this has already been discussed, but is there some reason for > omitting /boot/config-`uname -r`? My understanding as a user of a > specific distribution was that kernel packages provide these files, > and therefore do not feel the need to enable CONFIG_IKCONFIG. You know, I did not even think about that :-/ I'll update that. Thanks, -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
