Re: config help

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On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:41:33 -0400 Arnaud Lacombe wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Anyway, in 2.6.35, scripts/kconfig/Makefile is fairly clear on those
> > short option strings:
> >
> > -o      oldconfig
> > -s      silentoldconfig
> > -r      randconfig
> > -y      allyesconfig
> > -n      allnoconfig
> > -m      allmodconfig
> > -d      defconfig
> > -D filename     use filename as default configuration
> >
> This is no longer the case for 2.6.36. That part of `conf' has been
> moved to long options. It points to the toplev README for more info
> (which are not preset), but I don't think these low level options
> description belong there.
> 
> I've got some patches in the area, that should not be long.

Hi,
Did you read the part that you snipped:

<quote>
What kernel version are you looking at?  Something before 2.6.36 ?
I ask that because in 2.6.36 and later, the config command line tool only
uses long option strings (like --oldconfig), not short option strings
(like -o).
</quote>


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