Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:37:25 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Karl O. Pinc" <> | Subject | Re: Configure & Makefile patch for batch config |
| |
On 16-Oct-97 Aaron Tiensivu wrote: >> This patch is to support "batch", i.e. non-interactive, kernel >> configuration. That is, you can use a .config file you've saved >> somewhere and use it to re-configure a new kernel without having to >> hold down the \n key in "make config". If there's a new kernel >> configuration parameter, the script has to stop and ask you about it. >> I've forgotten details about "make config" and had hassles too many >> times, so I wrote this. > >You just re-invented "make oldconfig". ;-) >Give it a whirl.. works great!
No I didn't -- I used the code. :-) This is "make oldconfig" with an argument that says which oldconfig you want. (So, my description ain't so good.:-) So the question is, is it good that it takes an argument? Maybe change the makefile part of the patch so that "make oldconfig" takes an argument instead of having a new target. That might be better. I'd be up for it if that's what's wanted. The core of the patch is to scripts/Configure to allow a ".config" file to be specified.
In any case, I badly want some documentation on "make oldconfig", or whatever, in the README so I don't have to re-figure out what I have to do every time. And that's also in the patch.
| |