Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:53:33 +0000 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org> To: Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improved INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE Message-ID: <20070324135333.GA86105@FreeBSD.czest.pl> In-Reply-To: <20070324113739.GA41119@ravenloft.kiev.ua> References: <20070324113739.GA41119@ravenloft.kiev.ua>
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On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 01:37:39PM +0200, Alex Kozlov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 03:19:49PM +0000, Wojciech A. Koszek wrote:
> > Current implementation of INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE option has number of
> > issues. Including it in MAC or SMP configurations will bring only text
> > of this single file into the kernel file. We're not able to see
> > configuration of running ("live") kernel, which could be helpful while
> > tracking users' reports. You can't get easy to use file format, ready
> > for configuration process.
> >
> > In my Perforce wkoszek_kconftxt branch:
> >
> > //depot/user/wkoszek/wkoszek_kconftxt/...
> >
> > I brought some modifications to existing config(8) and added system
> > interface that would let us to see configuration of running kernel
> > (currently -- via kern.conftxt sysctl), as well as other kernel file
> > through config(8)'s -k option.
>
> By the way, any plan to include INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE in GENERIC?
I'd like to have this enabled by default, and I know there should be no
strong objections.
--
Wojciech A. Koszek
wkoszek@FreeBSD.org
http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/dunstan/
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