linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on

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Message-ID: <9b2b86520904301504m2906e466ndd8b9e7851bcd59@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:04:21 +0100
From:	Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml@...glemail.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the 
	local(mod|yes)config on

On 4/30/09, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
>
> Instead of using the .config in the local directory. This patch
> changes streamline_config.pl to search various locations for a config.
>
> Here's the list and order of search:
>
>   /proc/config.gz
>   /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
>   vmlinux  # local to the directory
>   /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
>   kernel/configs.ko
>   kernel/configs.o
>   .config
>
> Once it finds a file that contains a config (it checks if the binary
> objects have configs first) it then uses it to create the .config
> with minimum modules needed.

Maybe this has already been discussed, but is there some reason for
omitting /boot/config-`uname -r`?  My understanding as a user of a
specific distribution was that kernel packages provide these files,
and therefore do not feel the need to enable CONFIG_IKCONFIG.

Regards
Alan
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