linux-kernel - Re: RomFS: enless loop during make oldconfig from 2.6.24 -> 2.6.31-rc4 (parisc)

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Message-Id: <200907311730.08804.elendil@planet.nl>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:30:07 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>
Subject: Re: RomFS: enless loop during make oldconfig from 2.6.24 -> 2.6.31-rc4 (parisc)

Thanks for the quick response David.

On Friday 31 July 2009, David Howells wrote:
> Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote:
> > Near the end of the 'make oldconfig' I got into an endless loop. I
> > never even got a chance to make a choice, it just continued looping
> > on the display.
>
> It works fine for me, using a GNUmakefile with:
>
> 	CROSS_COMPILE	:= hppa-linux-
> 	ARCH		:= parisc
>
> set.  I used whatever was latest from Linus's tree.  I did just hold
> enter down to select all the defaults.

I've tried again too. With all defaults I cannot reproduce it either.
But if I answer the questions below as follows, I do get the loop again:

Advanced netfilter configuration: N
Wireless: N
* sound drivers: N (* = "PCI","USB" and one or two others)
Default ext3 to "data=ordered": Y

Cheers,
FJP
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