Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:23:16 +0800 | From | WANG Cong <> | Subject | Re: Kbuild update |
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>TODO items (from my mailbox - I have plenty more) >================================================= >- asm-offset useable from modules (Oleg had a half backed solution) >- modpost should use err(), warn() etc (suggestyed by Rusty) >- less kernel hardcoding in kconfig (Rob Landley) >- emit dependencies from "depends" (Bernhard Fischer) >- fix select (whatever that means) >- allow kconfig to accept overrides (Jan Engelhart) > maybe there is a patch, needs followup >- document kernel build better (Andreas Hermann) > just a start, more is needed >- save ARCH and CROSSCOMPILE > requires major surgery to do correct - we use CC too early >- i18n patch for mconf and friends (from Kernel Translator project) > is old but several bits of it needs to be applied to better support i18n
Hmm, I glanced at that project. It's old and seems freezed now. I don't know if people still have interests in the i18n of kconfig. If so, I think I can help with the Chinese part. ;)
>- i18n support in kernel > some like it, others don't. But now we have japanese versions of some docs...
Well, in fact, we've already had some Chinese docs too. ;) Just have a look at Documentation/zh_CN/.
>- use GCC --combine (David Woodhouse) >- more color themes (Jan Engelhart) > and I would like them selectable from inside menuconfig >- walk throug the ~15 qconf related patched - are they relevant? >- document use of __init and related sections >- Use seperate sections for all init sections to improve checking >- improve headers_check (10x speed up is possible by doing a dir-by-dir check) > >bugzilla.kernel.org >=================== >7103 sam@ravnborg.org NEW 2.6.17.* initramfs problem >3174 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.7 make rpm creates erroneous version number >3486 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.4-52 "make clean" on external driver will clean the kernel sou... >6860 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.18-rc1 'make deb-pkg' create incorrect package name >7042 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.17.7 Recursing into /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build infects my b... >8275 sam@ravnborg.org ASSI 2.6.21-rc5-g28d... make rpm-pkg broken for git cloned sources >
I will take a look at the problems and see if I can help you.
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>Note: The kbuild stuff is done only in my spare time and > with 3 kids, a wife and a full-time job I am often lacking behind.
Thanks for your work, Sam!
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