Re: Improved INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE

From: Wojciech A. Koszek <wkoszek_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:53:33 +0000
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 01:37:39PM +0200, Alex Kozlov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 03:19:49PM +0000, Wojciech A. Koszek wrote:
> > Current implementation of INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE option has number of
> > issues. Including it in MAC or SMP configurations will bring only text
> > of this single file into the kernel file. We're not able to see
> > configuration of running ("live") kernel, which could be helpful while
> > tracking users' reports. You can't get easy to use file format, ready
> > for configuration process.
> > 
> > In my Perforce wkoszek_kconftxt branch:
> > 
> >   //depot/user/wkoszek/wkoszek_kconftxt/...
> > 
> > I brought some modifications to existing config(8) and added system
> > interface that would let us to see configuration of running kernel
> > (currently -- via kern.conftxt sysctl), as well as other kernel file
> > through config(8)'s -k option.
> 
> By the way, any plan to include INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE in GENERIC?

I'd like to have this enabled by default, and I know there should be no
strong objections.

-- 
Wojciech A. Koszek
wkoszek_at_FreeBSD.org
http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/dunstan/
Received on Sat Mar 24 2007 - 12:23:04 UTC

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