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On Monday, 21 August 2017 11:35:44 BST Ralph Seichter wrote: |
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> On 21.08.2017 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > Ah, so silentoldconfig is effectively the same as old config. |
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> Silentoldconfig is quite a useful make target, since it only asks about |
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> newly introduced kernel options. |
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... and it also takes account of dependencies without asking. The difference |
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between the two is that silentoldconfig does not display any other modules on |
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the screen other than those new entries for which user input is required. |
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I prefer oldconfig because it helps me orientate myself down the kernel tree, |
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by looking at modules preceding the new entries. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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