>> > > I noticed the Processor Family list is much smaller in hardened-sources >> > > than in other kernels, even with CONFIG_GRKERNSEC disabled. Is that an >> > > unavoidable side-effect of the patches, or can I enable/disable >> something >> > > to bring the full list back? >> > > >> > > - Grant >> > >> > Hi Grant, >> > >> > what exactly do you mean? If I compare hardened sources and latest git >> > (from Linus) I get the same 5 options with an x86_64. It's much less >> > compared to make ARCH=x86 menuconfig but I don't think that that's >> > depending on hardened or not but on a guess by menuconfig (or better the >> > Kconfig stuff) that if I use a 64 bit userland I'll need a 64 bit kernel >> > to support it. >> > >> > Hope that helps.. >> > >> > WKR >> > Hinnerk >> >> You're right, I tested a few more kernels and I only get the long list of >> processor families when I use geek-sources from the init6 overlay. So >> geek-sources doesn't know I'm using a 64-bit CPU and the other kernels do? >> Can I fix geek-sources in this regard? >> >> - Grant > > I don't know geek-sources. I'd guess it will have a "hacked" buildsystem > that takes aleast some of the "autodetection" of the normal buildsystem > away. You could try to make a diff to see differences (especially the > Kconfig files). The easiest way will most likely be to contact the > author of geek-sources and try to find out, if the geek-part may be that > you have to configure such things manually instead of autoconfig... ;) > > WKR > Hinnerk
It turns out the extra choices are due to this patch: https://github.com/init6/init_6/blob/master/sys-kernel/geek-sources/files/3.7.1/fix/kernel-37-gcc47-1.patch I'm sorry to have bothered the hardened list with this. - Grant
