linux-kernel - Re: Kernel Installer

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:51 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Satish Eerpini <eerpini@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Installer

On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 02:20:19AM +0530, Satish Eerpini wrote:
> Hello everyone , :
> 
> i have been writing a kernel installer which may make the kernel
> installation process a lot more easier for noobs , (don ask me why
> noobs would like to compile a kernel) ,  but atleast till they learn
> to do it the good way !
> 
> i have written some code which is below , well i am stuck at one thing , ...
> once the .config file is set , is there any method to compute the
> exact no of files that are going to be compiled ??
>...

Replacing the normal build output with something different doesn't make
anything easier.

Especially considering that your "once the .config file is set" seems to 
assume the user already configured the kernel himself...

> Thanks
> Satish

cu
Adrian

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