[gentoo-user] Re: kernel build - back in the soup.

[Harry Putnam]

Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> writes:

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

Thanks for clearing that stuff up, and the pointer to documentation.