Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:10:16 +0000 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improved INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE Message-ID: <20070326171016.GA16746@FreeBSD.czest.pl> In-Reply-To: <200703261347.l2QDl6rM021066@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20070324135333.GA86105@FreeBSD.czest.pl> <200703261347.l2QDl6rM021066@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 03:47:06PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Wojciech A. Koszek wrote:
> > Alex Kozlov wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> No objection from me, but please fix it so include files
> are also included in the kernel.
>
> Many of my kernel config files have only few lines (e.g.
> "options SMP" and "include MYKERNEL"). Currently, the
> INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE feature only includes those two lines,
> rendering that feature useless (and even potentially
> dangerous if someone relies on his config to be in the
> kernel).
You'll get full configuration file, no matter what you include. After
redirecting it to file, you'll be able to compile the kernel with no
additional modifications.
--
Wojciech A. Koszek
wkoszek@FreeBSD.org
http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/dunstan/
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