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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-14 23:12:18 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-14 23:12:18 +0200
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: (53 commits) .gitignore: ignore *.lzma files kbuild: add generic --set-str option to scripts/config kbuild: simplify argument loop in scripts/config kbuild: handle non-existing options in scripts/config kallsyms: generalize text region handling kallsyms: support kernel symbols in Blackfin on-chip memory documentation: make version fix kbuild: fix a compile warning gitignore: Add GNU GLOBAL files to top .gitignore kbuild: fix delay in setlocalversion on readonly source README: fix misleading pointer to the defconf directory vmlinux.lds.h update kernel-doc: cleanup perl script Improve vmlinux.lds.h support for arch specific linker scripts kbuild: fix headers_exports with boolean expression kbuild/headers_check: refine extern check kbuild: fix "Argument list too long" error for "make headers_check", ignore *.patch files Remove bashisms from scripts menu: fix embedded menu presentation ...
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@@ -174,8 +174,17 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
"make silentoldconfig"
Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
with questions already answered.
+ Additionally updates the dependencies.
"make defconfig" Create a ./.config file by using the default
- symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig.
+ symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
+ or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
+ depending on the architecture.
+ "make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
+ Create a ./.config file by using the default
+ symbol values from
+ arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
+ Use "make help" to get a list of all available
+ platforms of your architecture.
"make allyesconfig"
Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
values to 'y' as much as possible.