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On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:42:17PM +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: |
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> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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> > No, I don't agree that kernel configs "belong" to kernel packages. In |
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> > general, barring the crazy option explosion, these are meant to be stock |
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> > working configs that should in combination with ANY kernel package, |
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> > produce a working kernel. |
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> Then you are just moving the problem around. |
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> I believe that kernel configs should be provided by their own kernel |
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> packages (and there are some, not just gentoo-sources) because it is |
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> much easier to keep them in sync on every new release and deal with |
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> each version separately if/as needed (including testing!). How are you |
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> dealing with config var name changes between different kernel versions |
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> or just different pkgs then? |
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> You cannot possibly support all kernel versions for all kernel pkgs |
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> available in tree with just one single config file in a sane, clean |
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> and maintainable way, hoping that a change in this file will not |
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> affect previous or future kernel releases. How are you going to test |
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> your config changes against old kernel pkgs? Each test is quite |
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> expensive to run. |
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I never said I was going to support all different kernel sources. |
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genkernel only officially supports gentoo-sources & hardened-sources. |
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(and those are supersets of the vanilla tree). |
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The stock genkernel config actually works for most users, on most kernel |
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sources, on most systems; and parts of it date back to 2.6.14. Sure it |
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doesn't turn on all of the features requested, but it does actually |
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work. |
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That said, I do intend to included an official kernel config for each |
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major kernel release 3.x; for both hardened & gentoo-sources. Infra uses |
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the hardened one, and releng uses the gentoo-sources one. |
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The only change really is that the packaging is going to be separate |
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from genkernel, and it'll get a bit more care than before. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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