[gentoo-soc] kernelconfig - progress report #11

[gentoo-soc] kernelconfig - progress report #11

[André Erdmann]

Hi everyone,


== Brief summary of this project ==

kernelconfig is about generating kernel configuration files,
using various sources such as curated defconfigs, detected hardware,
installed packages and user input.

The project's code can be found at [0].


== This week's progress ==

The documentation has been updated to cover "hardware detection".

Package management integration is mostly done.
The pm-information stems from linux-info.eclass' CONFIG_CHECK variable.
kernelconfig uses portage's Python API to determine which relevant packages
are installed and retrieves their build-time CONFIG_CHECK value.
Since the build-time value is likely to have been compared against a different
kernel sources tree, it is also possible to re-evaluate CONFIG_CHECK
by running the appropriate ebuild phases in a temporary overlay specifically
created for that purpose.


== Plans for the next week ==

Documentation and code improvements.


[0] https://github.com/dywisor/kernelconfig

Regards,
André E.