Re: kconfig

[Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>]

Yann, Benoît, all,

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yann, Benoît, all,
>
> I use xubuntu on one computer and mac os x 10.9 on my mac book pro.
> I like the idea of being able to build on my mac with the least number
> of packages installed by homebrew.
>
> I started down this path, and installed:
>   * xcode
>   * xcode command line tools
>   * autoconf
>   * automake
>   * binutils
>   * cvs
>   * gawk
>   * gnu-sed
>   * libtool
>   * wget
>
> Which gets me to the point of being able to bootstrap the
> configure.in, configure, and run make.
>
> The part that really kills the build and perplexes me is kconfig.
>
> http://code.bulix.org/qereby-85701
>
> While trying to figure out the right fix to the problem, I noticed
> that there are a *LOT* of differences between the kconfig in
> crosstool-ng, buildroot and upstream linux, and Yann's
> kconfig-frontends git tree
> (http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/git/kconfig-frontends/).
>
> It seems to me that we should follow buildroot's example of using a
> 'Makefile.ctng' in the kconfig directory to wrap the kconfig Makefile,
> so that we can copy updates from upstream linux into the kconfig
> directory without stomping on our own Makefile.
>
> While trying to attempt, I started pulling on the thread of the
> kconfig sweater in crosstool-ng, and it's a mess.
>
> Just looking for opinions for the path forward with this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Bryan

I have a wip of porting upstream kconfig here:
https://bitbucket.org/bhundven/crosstool-ng-wip

It has errors with oldconfig, and there seems to be some kind of weird
config issue with glibc (in menuconfig).

So, now it's kind of an RFC/RFH (request for help). :)

-Bryan

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