Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Mar 2023 09:57:57 +0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] docs: describe how to quickly build a trimmed kernel | From | Bagas Sanjaya <> |
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On 3/6/23 16:07, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> I think it depends whether someone would pick from /proc/config.gz or >> /boot/config. My kernel configuration have CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y but I >> often copy the config from the latter instead, since I booted with >> arbitrary kernel version when compiling two or three versions, and I >> want to ensure that the config used is from correct version (i.e. >> I use /boot/config-5.15.x-string to build 5.15.x+1 kernel). > > Well, I'd say for most users the file that was automatically picked up > by olddefconfig/localmodconfig will be the right one. And for cases like > yours there is already this in the text: > > ``` > The make targets try to find the configuration for your running kernel > automatically, but might choose poorly. A line like ‘# using defaults > found in /boot/config-6.0.7-250.fc36.x86_64’ or ‘using config: > ‘/boot/config-6.0.7-250.fc36.x86_64’ tells you which file they picked. > If that is not the intended one, simply store it as ‘~/linux/.config’ > before using these make targets. > ``` >
Ah, I don't see that feature! Thanks anyway.
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