Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:17:39 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel config files outside of sys/${ARCH}/conf ? Message-ID: <20120112101739.GA11498@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wSLFQaBZfcXiVLUBoe7NS0Gu_MbHwxyLPhHj1GTX3jFPA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120112081139.GA9921@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20120112101653.57decd32@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20120112100601.GA11325@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <CAGH67wSLFQaBZfcXiVLUBoe7NS0Gu_MbHwxyLPhHj1GTX3jFPA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 01:55:39AM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:16:53AM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:39 +0100 > >> Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > >> > >> > usr/sbin/config assumes that the kernel config file > >> > lives in ${src_base}/sys/${arch}/conf , which means that > >> > if you need to build a custom kernel one needs RW > >> > access to that directory. > >> > > >> > Any idea on how we can enable config to work in a > >> > generic directory ? > >> > > >> > I scanned the source code usr.sbin/config and found that > >> > it uses hardwired paths -- specifically, it looks for > >> > the kernel source tree in "../.." and has multiple > >> > hardwired paths such as "../../conf/". > >> > There is also a somewhat undocumented access to a > >> > file called DEFAULTS that extends the configuration you pass. > >> > > >> > Any objections to the addition of a "-s" option to config(8) > >> > to specify the location of the source tree ? > >> > > >> > >> Seems like a good idea to me as long as the old behavior is kept. > > > > of course :) > > Why not just set KERNCONFDIR? The variable does not seem to be used by usr/sbin/config cheers luigi
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