Kernel compile prob

Mike Burger mburger at bubbanfriends.org
Thu Mar 4 23:59:01 UTC 2004


If you want the config options from .config, you need to "make oldconfig".

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Tim Lamberth wrote:

> Hi List,
> 
> Odd problem when I run make menuconfig to choose options for my
> compile...for some reason it ignores the .config that is already in the
> kernel dir. I'm trying to include the options from the old .config, which
> I supplied, with a few other needed options.
> 
> I've placed the same .config file on several other machines for similar
> compiles with success. I am root at the time and root owns the dir that I
> am compiling in. The .config file has rights set to 644 which I believe is
> correct.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> TL
> 
> 
> 
> 

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