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Hi everyone, |
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== Brief summary of this project == |
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kernelconfig is about generating kernel configuration files, |
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using various sources such as curated defconfigs, detected hardware, |
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installed packages and user input. |
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The project's code can be found at [0]. |
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== This week's progress == |
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This week's work has been about hardware detection. |
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The "driver" symlink-based detection which scans /sys for kernel modules in use |
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has been implemented, and config options can now by referenced by module name |
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in the configuration mini-language. |
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The more comprehensive "modalias"-based detection has also been added, |
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but the creation of a suitable "modules.alias" file, which is responsible |
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for translating module aliases to module names, is not done yet. |
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== Plans for the next week == |
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Extend "hardware detection": |
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* caching of suitable modalias files (or creation thereof in advance), |
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so that there's a reliable and reusable source for translating module |
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alises into kernel module names |
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* write script that collects hardware information on another machine, |
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which can then be fed to kernelconfig |
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[0] https://github.com/dywisor/kernelconfig |
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Regards, |
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André E. |
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