linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH kmod v5 0/5] kmod /usr support

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Message-ID: <20231017164021.GL6241@kitsune.suse.cz>
Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:40:21 +0200
From:   Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To:     Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH kmod v5 0/5] kmod /usr support

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 11:18:23AM -0500, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 05:45:39PM +0200, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > it has been a few months since these kmod patches have been posted, and
> > a new kmod versio has been released since.
> > 
> > Is there any interest in adding this to kmod?
> 
> yes, but I think the main drag is deciding with the kernel build system
> maintainers what they are willing to accept as an interface. There isn't
> much point in exporting a json config if from the kernel side they would
> rather use something else. Or to use pkg-config.
> 
> I confess I lost track of that discussion. Did that settle with
> pkg-config being the preferred solution?

The current discussion about the kernel side can be found here:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20231017151050.GJ6241@kitsune.suse.cz/T/#t

My impression is that pkg-config is accepted as an interface on the
basis that it's already required for building the kernel while jq is
currently required only for some additional optional tools.

Thanks

Michal