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  • From: Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>
  • To: SM Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Linux Spell Custom Kernel Issues
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:08:11 -0700

I dont think its asking too much to do what dkowis is requesting. The menu
is hardly intuitive as it is if I want to just my existing kernel tree,
it just gets in the way. Maybe this just comes from a misunderstanding
of how the menu works which would be a problem in-it-of-itself.

To me, having a flag to just skip all the patching stuff in the linux
spell doesnt qualify as bloat (its avoiding the bloat!)

-Andrew

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:37:22AM -0700, David Brown wrote:
> === DKOWIS: FROM http://smbugs.isurf.ca/show_bug.cgi?id=10032#c2 ===
>
> How about applying something neat to the CUSTOM part, making it truly
> custom.
> Instead of acquiring the sources and such itself, I'm proposing it handle
> the
> CUSTOM in the same way debian does. You (the user) sets up your own kernel
> environment and runs the configure however you choose. Then you'd cast
> linux and
> select CUSTOM, enter the directory of your freshly configured kernel, and
> then
> cast takes it from there, runs everything beyond the configuration part. I
> think
> the flexibility offered by such things makes it quite handy :) This would
> allow
> me to install patches that aren't in the linux spell yet and that I'm too
> lazy
> to file bugs on. Or perhaps I feel like being a l33t kernel haxx0r and I
> want to
> change a string or something :)
>
> === End of bug comment ===
>
> So what I'm seeing is that you want a way to be able to install a kernel
> without having to go through the selection of kernels and patches.
>
> I think in an abstract way saying "use /usr/src/linux as my kernel and go!!"
> would be a good idea but I'm wondering if this should even be a part of the
> linux spell. (I'm concerned about bloat features that could be better
> implemented solutions elsewhere)
>
> Either making a set of scripts (similar to genkernel) or making some sort of
> advanced linux-custom spell that would 'just do the compile and install'
> might be a better solution than adding more sentinal values for the linux
> spell to handle...
>
> My view on what the linux spell should be is as follows:
> The linux spell isn't everything for everyone, the main purpose is to
> provide a easy to understand highly configurable interface for beginning to
> moderate linux users.
>
> That's why I don't think an advanced feature like custom kernel or the
> suggested change to the custom part of the spell should even be in there...
>
> Any Comments and Suggestions are welcome :)
>
> - David Brown

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