Re: Linux kernel config maintainablility

2016-09-11 Thread David Craven
Hi Ludo, >> What difficulties did you encounter with using allmodconfig as a basis? > I forgot the details, but maybe the list archive has some info. Changing what already works doesn't make sense. For arm and new platforms I think we can go down the defconf route, since it's really simple now..

Re: Linux kernel config maintainablility

2016-09-11 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi David, David Craven skribis: >> I was hoping we could come up with a way to generate a kernel config, >> either based on ‘allmodconfig’ or something like what NixOS does [0], >> but I’ve become pretty convinced that this would be difficult at best. > > What difficulties did you encounter with

Re: Linux kernel config maintainablility

2016-09-05 Thread David Craven
Hi Ludo, > I was hoping we could come up with a way to generate a kernel config, > either based on ‘allmodconfig’ or something like what NixOS does [0], > but I’ve become pretty convinced that this would be difficult at best. What difficulties did you encounter with using allmodconfig as a basis?

Re: Linux kernel config maintainablility

2016-09-05 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! David Craven skribis: > So I'm trying to get a linux-libre-kernel for arm going. For arm there > is a multi_v7_defconfig we can use. I looked at the existing kernel > configs we have and can't make heads or tails of them. My question is > are any kernel options needed specifically for guixsd