linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] GSoC project: Improving kconfig using a SAT solver

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Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 14:13:58 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Bart Massey <bart@...pdx.edu>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] GSoC project: Improving kconfig using a SAT solver

Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com> writes:

> I just wanted to say that I've been accepted into this year's Google
> Summer of Code program and will spend this summer working on improving
> the kconfig system in a very particular direction: I want to integrate
> a proper boolean constraint satisfiability solver into the
> configuration editors (menuconfig, etc.) in order to allow
> partial/incomplete configuration specifications. In short, this means
> that the user can choose to not specify a particular value for some
> config options, but let the system deduce their values. This will
> hopefully improve usability and also solve the select problem once and
> for all.

Nice idea. I read your proposal and it looks good.

I assume you got inspired by the libzypp use of a SAT solver
for package dependencies?  One problem that is visible there 
is that it can be hard to display conflicts in a nice and understandable
way to the user, especially if there are lots of dependencies.

It might be worth planning in some time to solve that nicely.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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