On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:51:29 -0800
Laura Abbott <labbott(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/2016 10:46 AM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> As a follow up to the previous discussion about kernel configuration
>> in Fedora
>>
(
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@lists.fedoraproject....
>> ) I have a prototype of what a method of keeping each configuration
>> file in a separate file would look like. This method takes care of
>> several of my gripes of the current version (and found a few errors
>> in the existing config files). The biggest question I have is if
>> this will scale for how frequently Fedora adjusts configuration
>> options. Some of that could possibly be solved with more scripting
>> improvements.
>>
>> The repo is at
>>
https://pagure.io/fedora-kernel-labbott/branch/split_configs
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Laura
>>
>
> A reminder of this for those who may have missed it. I'm going to take
> silence as no objection or opinion.
With my s390x hat on, my wish for kernel config is to have a way to
inherit the generic Fedora config, but still be able to build for
example only white-listed network drivers. Right now globally enabled
"PCI" enables also all drivers for all PCI-based devices (network,
storage, ...), but the s390x hardware has an internal whitelist of PCI
ids, so doesn't make sense to them all except the white-listed ones
(seen eg. in mainline default config). Is it feasible with the new
scheme?
Yes, absolutely, but it's also doable with the current scheme, as Laura
was suggesting.
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Jarod Wilson
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