Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:53:30 -0700 | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: linux kernel config converter |
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On Feb 21, 2002 08:21 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Erik Andersen wrote: > > I like this. It's simple, its clean, and it keeps all the > > information in one spot. I think we can go a bit farther here > > and add in a list of the .c files that enabling this feature > > should add to the Makefile (per the current > > obj-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.o > > stuff in the current Makefile). > > Hey, you're skipping ahead to the cool chapters! > > Seriously, yep, that's exactly where we eventually want to be: all > config, makefile, and help text info in one place. To add a new net > driver, I want to be able to simply add two files, driver.c and > driver.conf, and be done with it.
...and have the Makefile/config tool slurp up "*.conf" from each directory so you don't need to patch anything to add a new driver/fs/whatever that doesn't patch external files...
Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/
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