worst part about linux kernel is the configuration how TF is a person new to the kernel supposed to figure out which CONFIG_FOOBAR variable to turn on? i haven't the faintest clue
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Replying to @hugelgupf
Back when I had the time to compile my own kernels there was a terminal GUI that I used to configure it. Is that gone now?
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Replying to @andrioid
sure, there's menuconfig. I wouldn't call that user-friendly...
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Replying to @hugelgupf @andrioid
and the dependencies are oh-so-often so wrong all you get is a compilation error then you have to dig into code to see what broke and what might supply that dependency which means you gotta know how the Kconfig build system actually works (
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Replying to @hugelgupf
Sounds like the Linux kernel could benefit from lowering this barrier to get some new developers to the project Maybe the
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Replying to @andrioid @linuxfoundation
tbh i don't have any good ideas on how to make it better right now just a frustration i had starting out, and one i see in everyone we onboard to LinuxBoot internally
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seriously make menuconfig is WAY better than anything else out there in the autotools/CMake/NIHbuildSytem world for complex projects
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You are probably right. CMake gives me slight headache, and the autotools tendencies to check for everything under the sun, relevant or not, ......
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