Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:44:01 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts/dtc: dt_to_config - report kernel config options for a devicetree | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Gaurav Minocha <gaurav.minocha.os@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote: >>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com> >>> >>> Determining which kernel config options need to be enabled for a >>> given devicetree can be a painful process. Create a new tool to >>> find the drivers that may match a devicetree node compatible, >>> find the kernel config options that enable the driver, and >>> optionally report whether the kernel config option is enabled. >> >> I would find this more useful to output a config fragment with all the >> options enabled. The hard part there is enabling the options a given >> option is dependent on which I don't think kbuild takes care of. > > Do you mean to generate something like .config? If yes, then IMO it would > not be a correct configuration file.
A fragment to be appended to your current .config.
After that, an additional run of "make oldconfig" should (hopefully) bring everything into good shape.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
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