Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] build: save generated config in /boot

[Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/21/15 6:11 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 18.12.15 at 22:35, <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Since we now support changing Xen options with Kconfig, we should save
>> the configuration that was used to build up Xen. This will save it in
>> /boot alongside the installed xen.gz and call it
>> xen-$(FULLVERSION).config
>>
>> Suggested-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  xen/Makefile | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
>> index 9023863..460b977 100644
>> --- a/xen/Makefile
>> +++ b/xen/Makefile
>> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ _install: $(TARGET)$(CONFIG_XEN_INSTALL_SUFFIX)
>>      ln -f -s $(T)-$(XEN_FULLVERSION)$(Z) $(D)$(BOOT_DIR)/$(T)$(Z)
>>      [ -d "$(D)$(DEBUG_DIR)" ] || $(INSTALL_DIR) $(D)$(DEBUG_DIR)
>>      $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TARGET)-syms 
>> $(D)$(DEBUG_DIR)/$(T)-syms-$(XEN_FULLVERSION)
>> +    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) 
>> $(D)$(BOOT_DIR)/$(T)-$(XEN_FULLVERSION).config
> 
> Was it really suggested to put this into /boot? It has no business
> being there...
> 
> Jan
> 

Yes. By multiple people. Ian Campbell was the first person to suggest it
in that location.

-- 
Doug Goldstein

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