On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo_at_iet.unipi.it> wrote: > 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 :) Why not just set KERNCONFDIR? Thanks, -GarrettReceived on Thu Jan 12 2012 - 08:55:40 UTC
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