Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 9 Jul 1996 01:21:03 -0400 (EDT) | From | Manoj Kasichainula <> | Subject | Processor type not loaded by menuconfig (2.0.4) |
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I haven't been able to find anything about this in any documentation or on the kernel mailing list, but I apologize if this has been hashed out already.
Using the 2.0 kernels, when I load an alternate configuration file, the processor type from that file is not loaded. When I first untar the kernel and run the menuconfig, the processor type is set to "386". But when I try to load my kernel config file, which contains a "CONFIG_M586=y", the processor type is still "386", and I have to change it to Pentium manually. Until I "make mrproper" or untar pristine kernel source, the processor type remains "Pentium." This bug has been present during the kernels of the pre2.0.0 series that I've tried, and all of the 2.0.x kernels.
Since the Processor type config option seems to be the only one that uses the "choice" function, I would venture a guess that the bug is in that function.
If I have time during the next few days, I will try to narrow down the kernel where the problem started, but I doubt I will have time. :(
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