linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] config: Add 'make kvmconfig'

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Date:	Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:19:26 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Add 'make kvmconfig'

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
>>> I like the feature - i hope it's expressed in the right Kbuild-ish
>>> fashion.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>>
>> I hope we won't now also be getting make nfsconfig, make paeconfig and
>> whatnot :). Also, the lists of select statements might need updates from
>> time to time, if new dependencies appear.
>
> The use case is to be able to take a .config posted in a bug report
> and easily turn that into something that the KVM tool can boot.
>
> "kvmconfig" really represents a virtualized x86 architecture
> configuration.
>
How do you expect:

# make ARCH=hexagon kvmconfig

to behave ? If it is not meant to work outside the x86 world, it
should not be accessible outside the x86 world.

> Maybe the naming is off because it's not about
> individual features like paeconfig or nfsconfig would be but rather
> about turning on all the required options for virtualized x86 for the
> KVM tool.
>
> If you have better ideas how to do this, we're happy to change the
> implementation.
>
As I said, I'll have a look tonight to provide a better implementation.

 - Arnaud

>                        Pekka
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