Hi list, I have a some related queries regarding the Makefile targets for generating configuration (.config). 1) make oldconfig: It reads the existing .config and checks if it contains the required configuration options to build the kernel. Any missing options are prompted from the user, and any extra options are ignored. The result is ofcourse a modified .config. Is this understanding correct? 2) make defconfig: copies a default configuration file (different for each architecture / board) into .config. Now where is this "default configuration file" saved? 3) When we untar a vanila kernel and make menuconfig for the first time, where does it load the defaults from? Does the distribution / currently running kernel / the host machine architecture have any role to play? Thanks, Rajat -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
