[FE training-materials-updates] Add details about "make oldconfig"
Michael Opdenacker
michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Tue Mar 10 10:01:07 CET 2015
Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch : master
Link : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=ff5ec955c278a4b687ea898e8e4a7c3383a6951b
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commit ff5ec955c278a4b687ea898e8e4a7c3383a6951b
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date: Tue Mar 10 10:00:27 2015 +0100
Add details about "make oldconfig"
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
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ff5ec955c278a4b687ea898e8e4a7c3383a6951b
.../sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex
index 4a3f85a..ee8d34c 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
\item Useful to upgrade a \code{.config} file from an earlier kernel release
\item Issues warnings for configuration parameters that no longer
exist in the new kernel.
- \item Asks for values for new parameters
+ \item Asks for values for new parameters (while \code{xconfig}
+ and \code{menuconfig} silently set default values for new
+ parameters).
\end{itemize}
If you edit a \code{.config} file by hand, it's strongly recommended
to run \code{make oldconfig} afterwards!
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