Method for integrating Linux kernel and application software packages and generating installation file list based on CML2 computer language

• US 20040123286A1
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Published: 06/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Sun Ja, Kim, Heung-Nam, Kang, Woochul, Yun, Hee-Chul, Jung, Young Joon
• Granted Patent: US 7,367,013 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A Linux kernel and an application software package are integrally installed at a target computer by using a CML2. Setup options of the application S/W package to be installed at the target computer are described in an option information file. The option information file of the application S/W package is converted into a CML2 rule file and the CML2 rule file of the application S/W package is then integrated with a CML2 rule file of the Linux kernel, thereby realizing integrated configuration of the Linux kernel and the application S/W package and preparing an environment where dependency rules between the Linux kernel and the application S/W package can be described. Since every option in the option information file has a file list and these file lists are stored in a file list table, an installation file list that describes files finally installed at the target computer can be easily generated.

Claims

1. A method for integrating a Linux kernel and application software (S/W) packages and generating an installation file list based on a CML2 computer language, the method comprising:

(a) generating an option information file for each application S/W package, recording a plurality setup options in the option information file and identifying each setup option from others;

(b) converting the option information file into a first CML2 rule file and storing the first CML2 rule file;

(c) integrating the first CML2 rule file and a second CML2 rule file of the Linux kernel to obtain an integrated CML2 rule file and storing the integrated CML2 rule file; and

(d) generating the installation file list by compiling the integrated CML2 rule file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each setup option of the application S/W package has a ‘

short help’

, a ‘

long help’

, a ‘

file list’

, a ‘

dependency rule’ and

a ‘

group attribute’

information in the step (a).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each setup option always has the ‘

short help’ and

the ‘

long help’ and

optionally has the ‘

file list’

, the ‘

dependency rule’ and

the ‘

group attribute’

information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversion step (b) includes the steps of:

(b1) inserting a ‘

name’

, a ‘

short help’

, and a ‘

long help’

of each setup option into a ‘

symbols’

section of the first CML2 rule file.

(b2) adding the ‘

name’

, the ‘

short help’

, and the ‘

long help’

of each setup option to a ‘

menus’

section of the first CML2 rule file;

(b3) adding a symbol and a menu to a ‘

menu item’

of the first CML2 rule file;

(b4) adding a dependency rule of the setup option to the first CML2 rule file if there exists the setup option having the dependency rule; and

(b5) storing a file list of each setup option in a file list table,

wherein the step (b1) is skipped if the setup option has a group attribute while the steps (b2), (b3) are skipped if the setup option does not have the group attribute.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step (b1) includes the steps of:

(b11) converting the name of the setup option into a sole symbol name in the first CML2 rule file at a time of generating the first CML2 rule file, adding the symbol name to the ‘

symbols’

section and inserting the ‘

short help’

of the option next to the symbol name;

(b12) inserting a ‘

text’

sentence next to the ‘

short help’

; and

(b13) adding the ‘

long help’

at a next line of the symbol name.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step (b2) includes the steps of:

(b21) converting the name of the setup option into a sole menu name in the first CML2 rule file at a time of generating the first CML2 rule file, adding the menu name to the ‘

menus’

section and inserting the ‘

short help’

next to the menu name;

(b22) inserting a ‘

text’

sentence next to the ‘

short help’

; and

(b23) adding the ‘

long help’

to a next line of the menu name.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the step (b3) includes the steps of:

(b31) searching for a menu item of a higher-level option in a direct line at a time of generating the first CML2 rule file;

(b32) determining whether the higher-level option has a group attribute; and

(b33) inserting the symbol name, a mark ‘

{’

, the menu name, and a mark ‘

}’

sequentially to the menu item if the higher-level option does not have the group attribute and inserting the menu name to the ‘

menu item’

if the higher-level option has the group attribute.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (b3) includes the steps of:

(b31) searching for a menu item of a higher-level option in a direct line at a time of generating the first CML2 rule file;

(b32) determining whether the higher-level option has a group attribute; and

(b33) inserting the symbol name, a mark ‘

{’

, the menu name, and a mark ‘

}’

sequentially to the menu item if the higher-level option does not have the group attribute and inserting the menu name to the ‘

menu item’

if the higher-level option has the group attribute.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the step (b3) includes the steps of:

(b31) searching for a menu item of a higher-level option in a direct line at a time of generating the first CML2 rule file;

(b32) determining whether the higher-level option has a group attribute; and

(b33) inserting the symbol name, a mark ‘

{’

, the menu name, and a mark ‘

}’

sequentially to the menu item if the higher-level option does not have the group attribute and inserting the menu name to the ‘

menu item’

if the higher-level option has the group attribute.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the dependency rule of the setup option is inserted to a ‘

dependency’

section of the first CML2 rule file in the step (b4).

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the step (b5) includes the steps of:

(b51) determining whether the setup option has the file list; and

(b52) storing the symbol name of the setup option and the file list in the file list table if the setup option has the file list.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (c) includes the steps of:

(c1) changing a menu name ‘

main’

of a highest-level menu in the second CML2 rule file of the Linux kernel to a unique name;

(c2) opening a template file of the integrated CML2 rule file;

(c3) inserting a ‘

source’

sentence and the name of the second CML2 rule file to the template file;

(c4) inserting the converted name of the highest-level menu ‘

main’

in the Linux kernel to the template file;

(c5) inserting the ‘

source’

sentence and the name of the first CML2 rule file to the template file;

(c6) inserting a symbol which has been produced by converting the highest-level setup option of the application S/W package in the option information file into the first CML2 rule file to the template file; and

(c7) storing the template file as the integrated CML2 rule file.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (d) includes the steps of:

(d1) opening a list of selected options and selecting an option from the list;

(d2) determining whether the selected option exists in the file list table;

(d3) recording a file list for the selected option in the installation file list if the selected option exists in the file list table; and

(d4) performing the steps (g1) to (g3) for all the selected options.