Author: bdubbs
Date: 2010-03-18 15:04:14 -0600 (Thu, 18 Mar 2010)
New Revision: 1117
Modified:
trunk/kernel-configuration.txt
Log:
Add discusssion of some additional make options to
kernel-configuration hint.
Modified: trunk/kernel-configuration.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/kernel-configuration.txt 2010-03-08 16:45:47 UTC (rev 1116)
+++ trunk/kernel-configuration.txt 2010-03-18 21:04:14 UTC (rev 1117)
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
This hint is provided to help users decide how to configure their kernel.
REFERENCES: In the kernel tarball:
+ README
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
Documentation/cdrom/
Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -113,6 +114,19 @@
yes "" | make oldconfig > conf.new
grep "(NEW)" conf.new
+ d. make defconfig
+
+ Use the default symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
+ or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig, depending on the architecture.
+
+ For most LFS systems, $ARCH will be x86 and ${PLATFORM} will be i386 or
+ x86_64. These values are derived from the uname utility.
+
+ e. make help
+
+ A list of configuration targets and other utilities.
+
+
2. About modules
Most commercial distributions build as many options as possible as
modules. This
@@ -235,5 +249,7 @@
Initial Release
[2009-05-29]
Fix Typos. Add pointer to /etc/sysconfig/modules. Thanks to Trent Shea.
+ [2010-03-18]
+ Add discusssion of some additional make options.
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