linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kconfiglib menuconfig implementation

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Date:   Sun, 20 May 2018 08:03:32 +0200
From:   Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kconfiglib menuconfig implementation

On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 5:45 AM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> On 05/08/2018 09:59 AM, Ulf Magnusson wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've added incremental search for jumping directly to a symbol now.
>> Regular expressions are supported as well.
>>
>> Some screenshots below:
>>
>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/screenshots/screenshots/ss10.png
>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/screenshots/screenshots/ss11.png
>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/screenshots/screenshots/ss13.png
>>
>> The last screenshot shows how things might look after you jump to a
>> symbol. The jumped-to symbol wasn't visible in this case, so show-all
>> mode was turned on automatically.
>
> Hi Ulf,
>
> Do I need to save kconfiglib.py in a special location?
>
> With (new) kconfiglib.py and menuconfig.py, I am getting this:
>
> $ make ARCH=x86_64 O=xx64 iscriptconfig
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rdunlap/lnx/lnx-417-rc3/xx64'
>   GEN     ./Makefile
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named 'kconfiglib'
>>>>
>
> and then if I (being a Python novice) copy kconfiglib.py to
> /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ and try again, I get 16 warning messages (below)
> and then this:
>
> A Kconfig instance 'kconf' for the architecture x86_64 has been created.
>>>>
>
> What am I supposed to do now?
>
> Hm, OK, I used the trick that you supplied a few weeks ago and I have the UI now.
>
>     ARCH=x86 SRCARCH=x86 KERNELVERSION=`make kernelversion` \
>         Kconfiglib/menuconfig.py
>
> so yes, a real Makefile target would be nice. :)

Gonna get around to it soon. It's a bit silly that you don't get the
menuconfig through the 'pip' install either. :)

Cheers,
Ulf