Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [RFC] kbuild: Documentation - how to build external modules | Date | Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:44:12 +0200 | From | "Peter Kjellerstedt" <> |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: sam@ravnborg.org [mailto:sam@ravnborg.org] > Sent: 21 April 2004 12:40 > To: Peter Kjellerstedt > Cc: Sam Ravnborg; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [RFC] kbuild: Documentation - how to build > external modules > > >What about external modules that need to be configured > >using make config & co? Is that possible with this system? > > No, this is not possible for now. > I have thought about a few ways of doing this. > What I plan to look at is something where the local Kconfig > file is read along with the .config for the kernel. > The user will then anly be allowed to tweak config symbols > defined for the external module, the kernel paramerets are not > visible, and cannot be modified.
This sounds like what I was looking for.
> But this requires some kconfig tweaking, and first priority is > to get the basic funtionality working so all (most) people > are happy with it.
Well, we are still using 2.4, so it is no problem for us yet. Better get the basics working first. :)
> If anyone has better ideas for handling Kconfig files for external > modules please tell so. > > Sam
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