Messages in this thread | | | From | nagel@rz ... | Subject | Re: Kernel Compilation Project | Date | 30 Nov 1998 19:55:04 GMT |
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On 30 Nov 1998 15:45:51 +0100, Ben Collins <bmc@visi.net> wrote: >How about just asking people to send you their .config's and create a huge >database of which you can randomly choose a configuration to test. This >will assure you get real world configurations as well as the most used >setup's. Plus I'm sure there will be quite a few 'strange-but-true' >configurations which you can test as well. Of course you will have to >update the database almost as frequently as the kernel revs.
In this way you miss new options. This project should assure, that the new kernel-version will compile with almoust all configs. But to get an config from users, the kernel must be released.
An alternative is to adapt the current configs if a new kernel-option arises.
Ciao -- Rainer Nagel Rainer.Nagel@tashrah.com Duesseldorfer Linux User Group - http://www.hsp.de/~dlug
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