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cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> On 03/31/2011 06:48 AM, Andrew Overholt wrote:
> >> I've been tossing around the idea in my head about a nice little
> plug-in
> >> to add to the Linux tools suite is CDT C project creation wizard that
> >> automates the steps shown here:
> >>
> >>
>
http://wiki.eclipse.org/HowTo_use_the_CDT_to_navigate_Linux_kernel_source
> >
> > Sounds neat. You could even automate the git clone if you want.
>
> One problem there is that you have to configure the kernel before the
> CDT can index the source correctly; it needs to have access to the
> include/generated/autoconf.h file, which is generated by "make
> menuconfig" after having copied in the correct starting config file to
> .config.
>
>
> Well you might need to write a little bit of java then :). You can
> attach a runnable to your template which is invoked when Finish is
> pressed. We use this to automate checkouts from version control, setting
> up CDT project defaults, etc. Running a configure from the wizard
> shouldn't be too much of a problem.
