Re: linux kernel config converter

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:21:51 -0500

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.

Jeff

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