linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on

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Message-ID: <87fxflgj2q.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Mon, 04 May 2009 14:15:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> writes:

> Here's the list and order of search:
>
>   /proc/config.gz
>   /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
>   vmlinux  # local to the directory
>   /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
>   kernel/configs.ko
>   kernel/configs.o
>   .config


That seems like the wrong order. ./.config should always be first for
compatibility. 

That order would completely wreck all my build scripts, and I suspect
others too.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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