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author | James Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> | 2006-06-10 14:47:26 -0400 |
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committer | James Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> | 2006-06-10 14:47:26 -0400 |
commit | f0cd91a68acdc9b49d7f6738b514a426da627649 (patch) | |
tree | 8ad73564015794197583b094217ae0a71e71e753 /README | |
parent | 60eef25701d25e99c991dd0f4a9f3832a0c3ad3e (diff) | |
parent | 128e6ced247cda88f96fa9f2e4ba8b2c4a681560 (diff) |
Merge ../linux-2.6
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@@ -165,10 +165,31 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: | |||
165 | "make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool. | 165 | "make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool. |
166 | "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. | 166 | "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. |
167 | "make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of | 167 | "make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of |
168 | your existing ./.config file. | 168 | your existing ./.config file and asking about |
169 | new config symbols. | ||
169 | "make silentoldconfig" | 170 | "make silentoldconfig" |
170 | Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen | 171 | Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen |
171 | with questions already answered. | 172 | with questions already answered. |
173 | "make defconfig" Create a ./.config file by using the default | ||
174 | symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig. | ||
175 | "make allyesconfig" | ||
176 | Create a ./.config file by setting symbol | ||
177 | values to 'y' as much as possible. | ||
178 | "make allmodconfig" | ||
179 | Create a ./.config file by setting symbol | ||
180 | values to 'm' as much as possible. | ||
181 | "make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol | ||
182 | values to 'n' as much as possible. | ||
183 | "make randconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol | ||
184 | values to random values. | ||
185 | |||
186 | The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can | ||
187 | also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG to specify a | ||
188 | filename that contains config options that the user requires to be | ||
189 | set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=filename is not used, | ||
190 | "make *config" checks for a file named "all{yes/mod/no/random}.config" | ||
191 | for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file is not found, | ||
192 | it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced values. | ||
172 | 193 | ||
173 | NOTES on "make config": | 194 | NOTES on "make config": |
174 | - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can | 195 | - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can |