Mike Edenfield <kut...@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.
