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Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> writes: |
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> The 'make' man page wouldn't know anything about the kernel's |
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> makefile. You want the README file that's included in the top of the |
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> kernel source folder. That file says, among other things: |
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> "make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of |
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> your existing ./.config file and asking about |
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> new config symbols. |
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> You need to already have a .config file in the source tree in order |
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> for 'make oldconfig' to work; otherwise you are going to get the |
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> default answers to just about every question. The benefit of this is |
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> that you don't have to search through the entire menu tree in the UI |
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> to find what's new. |
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Thanks for clearing that stuff up, and the pointer to documentation. |