Re: A Framework to automatically configure a Kernel
From: Ahmad Reza Cheraghi (a_r_cheraghi_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/05/05
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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:50:30 -0700 (PDT) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
--- Emmanuel Fleury <fleury@cs.aau.dk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ahmad Reza Cheraghi wrote:
> >
> > I install right now a gcc 4.0 debian-packege on my
> > system and it still works. But I attached another
> > patch(I thik I did a mistake in the patch;-)).
>
> Might be as well ! :)
>
> But, I'll give it a try when you'll get this fixed !
>
> >>2) Why is the target called "auconfig" and not
> >>"autoconfig" (just like
> >>we have a "menuconfig") ?
> >
> > I thought that autoconfig will be to large for
> that
> > reaseon i called it auconfig.
>
> Well, "menuconfig" is not that small either ! :)
> More explicit you are, better it is (within some
> reasonable limit).
>
> > If you mean with your question that, why there are
> > less rules and why they don't get its information
> from
> > /sys or /proc etc. The answer will be:
> >
> > Not that much. Most of the information will be
> > obtained from lspci and dmesg. The only one that
> gets
> > its inforamation directly from the I/O of the
> Hardware
> > is lspci. The other one like dmesg, /proc... anre
> > based on the Kernel installation and on drivers
> > installation. And it might happened that you won't
> > find Hardware that are on your system but aren't
> > installed from your Kernel.
>
> It was what I meant (sorry to have been unclear).
>
> > But if you mean with your question, that why it
> dosn't
> > first of all create list of all of the information
> > given from /proc, ...? The answer is:
> >
> > That the basic Idea of the framework is to extend
> it
> > easily. And the rules can be changed they way
> someody
> > knew its right and ok.
>
> Ok.
>
> Regards
> --
> Emmanuel Fleury
>
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