linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: use defconfigs from x86/configs/*

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Message-ID: <20080429105037.GQ23198@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:50:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dsd@...too.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: use defconfigs from x86/configs/*


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org> reported:
> 
> In 2.6.23, if you unpacked a kernel source tarball and then
> ran "make menuconfig" you'd be presented with this message:
>     # using defaults found in arch/i386/defconfig
> 
> and the default options would be set.
> 
> The same thing in 2.6.24 does not give you any "using defaults" 
> message, and the default config options within menuconfig are rather 
> blank (e.g. no PCI support). You can work around this by explicitly 
> running "make defconfig" before menuconfig, but it would be nice to 
> have the behaviour the way it was for 2.6.23 (and the way it still is 
> for other archs).
> 
> Fixed by adding a x86 specific defconfig list to Kconfig.

thanks Sam, applied.

	Ingo
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