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Re: [kbuild 2/5] Dont use the running kernels config file by default
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxx> writes:
> The user does a ``make menuconfig'', and expects to see sane defaults.
> What kconfig really does is take the running kernel's configuration
> instead. This is a ad choice; it makes much more sense to take
> arch/$ARCH/defconfig.
IIRC the vanilla kernel's arch/i386/defconfig is the "this config
boots Linus' machine" configuration (or has that changed recently?).
I certainly wouldn't call that a sane default ...
For vendor kernels with a generic defconfig that makes sense though.
Gerd
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