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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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A wrapper module for the kconfig parser from the kernel sources ("lkc"). |
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The current approach uses a copy of the necessary lkc files |
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and makes various data structs available in Python code, |
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which are then converted to lkc-unaware objects. |
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A concrete kernel configuration is then simply |
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a (partial) mapping from symbol to value, where |
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the symbol also encodes dependencies and accepted values. |
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In its present state, kernelconfig is able to |
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* read kconfig files and create a symbol descriptors (name, type, deps) |
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* read .config files into a symbol descriptor X value dict |
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== Plans for the next week == |
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Proceed further with the "core". |
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Missing parts are a mechanism for setting config options |
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in a safe and dependency-aware manner, |
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and writing the output .config file. |
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Start with the configuration language |
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via which users will set config options. |
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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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