Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the newstreaming format

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2013-07-17 23:16 +0200, Sam Ravnborg spake thusly:
>> > We could extend the symbol option part to retreive values from a binary.
>> > Something like this:
>> >
>> > config FOOBAR
>> >         bool
>> >         option exec="true"
>> >
>> > FOOBAR would assume the value "y" if the command true has exit code == 0, otherwise "n".
>> > And similar conversions for other types.
>> >
>> > This only extendt Kconfig slightly - using an already present method to import
>> > external values.
>> >
>> > The drawback I see with this approach is that we may execute a lot of small programs
>> > where the value is never used.
>>
>> Following is a quick patch implmenting this idea.
>> You need to run gperf manually to enable this.
>>
>> "gperf -C scripts/kconfig/zconf.gperf > scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c"
>>
>> I did not figure out how to use the built-in rules to generate this file :-(
>
> make REGENERATE_PARSERS=y menuconfig
>
>> I have tested this lightly - as we should discuss if this is a viable way forward.
>
> Instead of extending the Kconfig language, I was thinking (as initially
> suggested by Andrew) of generating a Kconfig file before all config
> targets, and source that Kconfig file from $(TOPDIR)/Kconfig.

I also prefer the generated Kconfig file.
It keeps all these checks in a single place, instead of spreading it over all
Kconfig files. This allows to keep better control over the list of checks, and
notice when it gets out-of-hand.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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