Re: kernel config files outside of sys/${ARCH}/conf ?

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:16:53AM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:39 +0100
> Luigi Rizzo <rizzo_at_iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> 
> > usr/sbin/config assumes that the kernel config file
> > lives in ${src_base}/sys/${arch}/conf , which means that
> > if you need to build a custom kernel one needs RW
> > access to that directory.
> > 
> > Any idea on how we can enable config to work in a
> > generic directory ?
> > 
> > I scanned the source code usr.sbin/config and found that
> > it uses hardwired paths -- specifically, it looks for
> > the kernel source tree in "../.." and has multiple
> > hardwired paths such as "../../conf/".
> > There is also a somewhat undocumented access to a
> > file called DEFAULTS that extends the configuration you pass.
> > 
> > Any objections to the addition of a "-s" option to config(8)
> > to specify the location of the source tree ?
> > 
> 
> Seems like a good idea to me as long as the old behavior is kept.

of course :)