I am unable to pass required kernel config items via KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG to kbuild. I originally encountered issues with the scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh tool, but I've isolated some of my issues to the examples below. Kernel = 3.18.11 . Help appreciated. Case 1: Attempt to enable EXT4_FS using allnoconfig target. Per ./fs/ext4/Kconfig, config EXT4_FS has no other dependencies. $ cat ext4.cfg CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y $ KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=ext4.cfg make allnoconfig $ grep CONFIG_EXT4_FS .config || echo not found not found Why was CONFIG_EXT4_FS not set? Case 2: Attempt to disable SLUB_DEBUG using alldefconfig target. Search of Kconfigs shows no other configs select SLUB_DEBUG . $ cat no-slub-debug.cfg CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=n $ KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=no-slub-debug.cfg make alldefconfig $ grep SLUB_DEBUG .config CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y # CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set Why was CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG not disabled? TIA, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html