[olug] What's In My Kernel

[Kenton Brede]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:44:32PM -0500, Joe Catanzaro wrote:
> So, because I wasn't able to find a .config file, I went ahead with "make 
> config" to begin compiling. Each CONFIG item has a default selection. 
> ([Y/n]  for example, and obviously the capitol letter being the default.) 
> How is the default determined? Is that what the kernel developers think is 
> going to be best, or is that what's currently in my kernel?

"make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" is much nicer to use then "make
config"

Since you are starting with a fresh source tree what you see in "make
config" will be what options your future kernel will have, not your
current kernel.
Kent

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