Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Download process for a "split kernel" (was: obsolete code must die) | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:14:35 +1000 | From | David Luyer <> |
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(I wrote) > > This might actually make sense - a kernel composed of multiple versioned > > segments. A tool which works out dependencies of the options being selected, > > downloads the required parts if the latest versions of those parts are not > > already downloaded, and then builds the kernel (or could even build during > > the download, as soon as the build dependencies for each block of the kernel > > are satisfied, if you want to be fancy...). > > Please do look at the archives to find out just why this idea is floated > each 3 to 4 months and then shot down, and why.
Well, I'm actually looking at the 2nd idea I mentioned in my e-mail -- a very small "kernel package" which has a config script, a list of config options and the files they depend on and an appropriately tagged CVS tree which can then be used for a compressed checkout of a version to do a build. (Or maybe something more bandwidth-friendly than CVS for the initial checkout.)
Maybe I'll find the spare time to do it, maybe I won't, either way I won't post any more on the subject until I have something tangible (so far I've just done the 'easy bit': written a quick shell script which imported 2.4.x into a tagged CVS tree; the 'hard bit', to write a script to analyse each kernel rev and determine which files are used by which config options and mix that in together with the minimal install for a 'make menuconfig' will take somewhat longer).
David. -- David Luyer Phone: +61 3 9674 7525 Engineering Projects Manager P A C I F I C Fax: +61 3 9699 8693 Pacific Internet (Australia) I N T E R N E T Mobile: +61 4 1111 2983 http://www.pacific.net.au/ NASDAQ: PCNTF
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