* Randy Dunlap ([email protected]) wrote:
> 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?
>
I'll take care of it.
> ---
> ~Randy
> Phaedrus says that Quality is about caring.
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Mathieu Desnoyers
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