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Author SHA1 Message Date
Matthieu Coudron
7aacbdb898 linux: convert hardened-config to a structured one 2019-01-28 09:07:24 +09:00
Matthieu Coudron
3bb7b3f02e linux: ability to merge structured configs
This should make the composability of kernel configurations more straigthforward.

- now distinguish freeform options from tristate ones
- will look for a structured config in kernelPatches too
one can now access the structuredConfig from a kernel via linux_test.configfile.structuredConfig
in order to reinject it into another kernel, no need to rewrite the config from scratch

The following merge strategies are used in case of conflict:
-- freeform items must be equal or they conflict (mergeEqualOption)
-- for tristate (y/m/n) entries, I use the mergeAnswer strategy which takes the best available value, "best" being defined by the user (by default "y" > "m" > "n", e.g. if one entry is both marked "y" and "n", "y" wins)
-- if one item is both marked optional/mandatory, mandatory wins (mergeFalseByDefault)
2019-01-28 09:06:33 +09:00
Dan Peebles
ff9999ad1b linux: translate config to structured config
Instead of using a string to describe kernel config, use a nix
attribute set, then converted to a string.
- allows to override the config, aka convert 'yes' into 'modules' or
vice-versa
- while for now merging different configs is still crude (last spec wins),
at least there should be only one CONFIG_XYZ value compared to the current string
config where the first defined would be used and others ignored.

[initial idea by copumpkin in 2016, a major rebase to 2018 by teto]
2018-06-30 16:01:41 +03:00