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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	zippel@linux-m68k.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:59:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090504145933.GJ23223@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1241440086.7620.4877.camel@twins>

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 02:28:06PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:15 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> writes:
> > 
> > > Here's the list and order of search:
> > >
> > >   /proc/config.gz
> > >   /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
> > >   vmlinux  # local to the directory
> > >   /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
> > >   kernel/configs.ko
> > >   kernel/configs.o
> > >   .config
> > 
> > 
> > That seems like the wrong order. ./.config should always be first for
> > compatibility. 
> > 
> > That order would completely wreck all my build scripts, and I suspect
> > others too.
> 
> Quite, except that I hardly ever have a ./.config since I make extensive
> use of O=foo

yes I do too.  I meant $O/.config sorry

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-04 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-30 18:50 [PATCH 0/7] kconfig: more featured minimum module configs Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 1/7] kconfig: streamline_config.pl do not stop with no depends Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 2/7] kconfig: do not warn about modules built in Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 3/7] kconfig: enable CONFIG_IKCONFIG from streamline_config.pl Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 21:51   ` Alan Jenkins
2009-04-30 21:51     ` Alan Jenkins
2009-04-30 22:53     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 22:53       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 4/7] kconfig: add check if end exists in extract-ikconfig Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 5/7] kconfig: have extract-ikconfig read ELF files Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 6/7] kconfig: keep config.gz around even if CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC is not set Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 18:50 ` [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 22:04   ` Alan Jenkins
2009-04-30 22:04     ` Alan Jenkins
2009-04-30 22:54     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-04-30 22:54       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-05-04 12:15   ` Andi Kleen
2009-05-04 12:28     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-05-04 14:46       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-05-04 14:59       ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-04-30 19:10 ` [PATCH 0/7] kconfig: more featured minimum module configs Ingo Molnar
2009-04-30 22:55   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-05-01 12:01     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-01 23:27       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-05-06 12:15         ` Ingo Molnar

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