On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:00:36 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote:
Hi Sam,
Thanks for looking. I was hoping that you would find time to
look/comment on it.
> Hi Mathieu & Randy.
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:11:48AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> >
> > Begin infrastructure for kernel code samples in the samples/ directory.
> > Add its Kconfig and Kbuild files.
> > Source its Kconfig file in all arch/ Kconfigs.
>
> Sorry for not commenting on this before...
> The samples directory contains sample code so it is wrong to actually
> include it as part of the kernel IMHO.
> We only want to keep the samples buildable and to do so
> we can make a much simpler hack in the top-level Makefile.
> Consider following patch:
>
> @@ -760,6 +760,9 @@ vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) vmlinux.o
> ifdef CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK
> $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile headers_check
> endif
> +ifdef CONFIG_SAMPLES
> + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=samples
> +endif
> $(call vmlinux-modpost)
> $(call if_changed_rule,vmlinux__)
> $(Q)rm -f .old_version
>
>
> With this we build the samples when CONFIG_SAMPLES are selected and
> when the kernel is about to be linked.
>
>
> As for the Kconfig file I am in favour of it but think a much more
> natural place is to source it in lib/Kconfig.debug.
> Then it will appear in "Kernel hacking" and the smaples
> are used for kernel hacking and not for regular people
> building their own kernel.
>
> Sourcing samples/Kconfig from lib/Kconfig.debug will then
> take effect for all archs so the result is a much simpler
> Kconfig patch too.
These changes all sound good to me.
Mathieu, can you find time to do this or should I do it?
---
~Randy
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