Hi Arseny, > In a kernel source tree: > % make mrproper > % make KCONFIG_CONFIG=.myconfig kvmconfig' > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/confdata.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/expr.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/symbol.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o > LEX scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c > YACC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.h > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.o > YACC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o > HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf > The base file '.config' does not exist. Exit. > make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:96: kvm_guest.config] Error 1 > make: *** [Makefile:538: kvmconfig] Error 2 > Essentially `make kvmconfig' (and probably other similar targets) > did ignore KCONFIG_CONFIG set to a different filename. > If KCONFIG_CONFIG is set, use it; otherwise behave as if it was set > to `.config'. > Signed-off-by: Arseny Maslennikov <ar@xxxxxxxxx> Good catch :). Yes, many targets are affected to it: xenconfig, tinyconfig + archs: rm -f .config; make ARCH=arm KCONFIG_CONFIG=.myconfig dram_0xd0000000.config Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx> Kind regards, Petr > --- > scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile > index 181973509a05..1c7ac07def4d 100644 > --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile > @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ configfiles=$(wildcard $(srctree)/kernel/configs/$@ $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/c > %.config: $(obj)/conf > $(if $(call configfiles),, $(error No configuration exists for this target on this architecture)) > - $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m .config $(configfiles) > + $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) $(configfiles) > +$(Q)yes "" | $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile oldconfig > PHONY += kvmconfig
