Hi, On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 27.10.2011 16:11, Pekka Enberg wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I like the feature - i hope it's expressed in the right Kbuild-ish >>>> fashion. >>>> >>>> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> >>> >>> I hope we won't now also be getting make nfsconfig, make paeconfig and >>> whatnot :). Also, the lists of select statements might need updates from >>> time to time, if new dependencies appear. >> >> The use case is to be able to take a .config posted in a bug report >> and easily turn that into something that the KVM tool can boot. >> >> "kvmconfig" really represents a virtualized x86 architecture >> configuration. Maybe the naming is off because it's not about >> individual features like paeconfig or nfsconfig would be but rather >> about turning on all the required options for virtualized x86 for the >> KVM tool. > > OK, if it's just this single use case, then why not. > Still, it should not be a pretext to open the Pendora's box and have 15 different hack popping up in the future. >> If you have better ideas how to do this, we're happy to change the >> implementation. > > The implementation is not as important as the new user interface that > people get used to. And I think the user interface is OK. Regarding > implementation, expect that you'll have to add more select statements > from time to time. But there is ATM no better solution to this. > what about providing hook for sourcing a given Makefile ? I can have a look at that tonight. - Arnaud > Michal > -- > 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 > -- 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
