Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Peter Stuge
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 06:13:31PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > >So will oldconfig read from stdin also for options specified in > >.config ? If so, this is still no the winner. > > nope. oldconfig only asks options not available in .config Then this should work: while :;do echo;done|make oldc

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Peter Stuge wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:59:17AM -0800, ron minnich wrote: If you want "yes" for all unspecified options: make oldconfig < /usr/bin/yes Now, Uwe, we just came full circle. I said something like that a few messages ago and Jordan yelled at me :-) So will ol

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 11/01/08 08:40 -0800, Ed Swierk wrote: > On 1/11/08, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Linux make help does not seem to have a target that combines > > oldconfig and defconfig in the desired way. :\ > > FWIW, Red Hat patches the kernel to achieve this: > > # This patch adds a "make no

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Ed Swierk
On 1/11/08, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linux make help does not seem to have a target that combines > oldconfig and defconfig in the desired way. :\ FWIW, Red Hat patches the kernel to achieve this: # This patch adds a "make nonint_oldconfig" which is non-interactive and # also give

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:59:17AM -0800, ron minnich wrote: > On Jan 11, 2008 7:31 AM, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you want "yes" for all unspecified options: > > > > make oldconfig < /usr/bin/yes > > Now, Uwe, we just came full circle. I said something like that a few > mess

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Peter Stuge
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:59:17AM -0800, ron minnich wrote: > > If you want "yes" for all unspecified options: > > > > make oldconfig < /usr/bin/yes > > Now, Uwe, we just came full circle. I said something like that a > few messages ago and Jordan yelled at me :-) So will oldconfig read from std

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 11, 2008 7:31 AM, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want "yes" for all unspecified options: > > make oldconfig < /usr/bin/yes Now, Uwe, we just came full circle. I said something like that a few messages ago and Jordan yelled at me :-) ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbi

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 01:48:36PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080111 05:00]: > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:18:14PM -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote: > > > > it really should be a feature that kconfig offers. > > > > > > It's make defconfig in Linux. > > > > >

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-11 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080111 05:00]: > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:18:14PM -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote: > > > it really should be a feature that kconfig offers. > > > > It's make defconfig in Linux. > > > > Make defconfig ignores your .config file. What I wanted was something > si

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread Myles Watson
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:18:14PM -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote: > > it really should be a feature that kconfig offers. > > It's make defconfig in Linux. > Make defconfig ignores your .config file. What I wanted was something similar to make allyesconfig, which chooses yes for anything you didn

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread Peter Stuge
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:18:14PM -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote: > it really should be a feature that kconfig offers. It's make defconfig in Linux. //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 10, 2008 11:28 AM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This brings us back to the reason we started this conversation. I think > it's too bad to force the ROM_size argument from a config file. Having a > different config file for each architecture * rom_size * console_option * > boo

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 10, 2008 11:18 AM, Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > His goal was to get the defaults - newlines.txt will do that. Your option > may turn very undesirable options - saying 'y' to "experimental" is not > always the best way. gotcha. I was doing this tongue in cheek anyway :-) ron

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread Myles Watson
> -Original Message- > From: Jordan Crouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:18 PM > To: ron minnich > Cc: Myles Watson; Linuxbios > Subject: Re: LinuxBIOSv3 Config files > > On 10/01/08 11:03 -0800, ron minnich wrote: > > On Jan 10, 2008 10:29 AM, Jordan Cr

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 10/01/08 11:03 -0800, ron minnich wrote: > On Jan 10, 2008 10:29 AM, Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/01/08 10:19 -0800, ron minnich wrote: > > > On Jan 9, 2008 1:56 PM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > make oldconfig < newlines.txt > > > > > > yes y |

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread Myles Watson
> -Original Message- > From: ron minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:04 PM > To: Jordan Crouse > Cc: Myles Watson; Linuxbios > Subject: Re: LinuxBIOSv3 Config files > > On Jan 10, 2008 10:29 AM, Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/01

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 10, 2008 10:29 AM, Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/01/08 10:19 -0800, ron minnich wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2008 1:56 PM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > make oldconfig < newlines.txt > > > > yes y | make oldconfig > > Dangerous - not all defaults are 'y'. >

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 10/01/08 10:19 -0800, ron minnich wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008 1:56 PM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > make oldconfig < newlines.txt > > yes y | make oldconfig Dangerous - not all defaults are 'y'. Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Dev

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-10 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 9, 2008 1:56 PM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > make oldconfig < newlines.txt yes y | make oldconfig ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-09 Thread Myles Watson
On Jan 8, 2008 4:38 PM, Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/01/08 16:30 -0700, Myles Watson wrote: > > In buildrom, I want to be able to set the variables I care about, then > > use make oldconfig to choose the (hopefully) sane defaults for the > > rest of the options. > > That would m

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-08 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 08/01/08 16:30 -0700, Myles Watson wrote: > In buildrom, I want to be able to set the variables I care about, then > use make oldconfig to choose the (hopefully) sane defaults for the > rest of the options. That would make sense, but I'm not sure if there is a way to make kconfig do that. At

[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

2008-01-08 Thread Myles Watson
In buildrom, I want to be able to set the variables I care about, then use make oldconfig to choose the (hopefully) sane defaults for the rest of the options. Here is a sample .config file that I'd like to use: --Begin .config # # General setup