Re: [Nix-dev] Linux config options

2015-02-10 Thread Shea Levy
For my own use cases at least, I’ve found that when the generic config is not good enough it’s better to just generate a config on my own the traditional way (via make nconfig or similar) and pass it to manual-config. > On Feb 10, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Matthias Beyer wrote: > > On 10-02-2015 14:56

Re: [Nix-dev] Linux config options

2015-02-10 Thread Matthias Beyer
On 10-02-2015 14:56:55, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/02/15 14:48, Wout Mertens wrote: > > > Just wondering out loud with probably no actionable change: > > > > Why are the kernel options implemented as strings ("FOO y") instead of an > > attribute set ({ foo = "y": })? > > > > Of course

Re: [Nix-dev] Linux config options

2015-02-10 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi, On 10/02/15 14:48, Wout Mertens wrote: > Just wondering out loud with probably no actionable change: > > Why are the kernel options implemented as strings ("FOO y") instead of an > attribute set ({ foo = "y": })? > > Of course that means you can easily import your own .config file as descri

[Nix-dev] Linux config options

2015-02-10 Thread Wout Mertens
Just wondering out loud with probably no actionable change: Why are the kernel options implemented as strings ("FOO y") instead of an attribute set ({ foo = "y": })? Of course that means you can easily import your own .config file as described at https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_tweak_Linux_kernel_c