Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:58:13 -0600 | From | Rob Landley <> | Subject | Re: make oldnoconfig fix? |
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On 11/11/2013 12:55:37 PM, David Cohen wrote: > On 11/11/2013 10:13 AM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: >> David, All, > > Hi Yann, > >> >> On 2013-11-11 10:11 -0800, David Cohen spake thusly: >>> Is there a plan to fix 'make oldnoconfig' option? >>> I currently have need to it :) >>> I've tracked a thread fixing 'make olddefconfig' where 'oldnoconfig' >>> option is reported as a known bug, right? >> >> Sorry, I don't understand what your problem is. > > Maybe I assumed it was more 'known' then it actually is :) > >> >> Care to explain in details what problem you have: >> - what you start with >> - what you do >> - what you get >> - what you expected > > The bug with 'oldnoconfig' is: 'make oldnoconfig' is just an alias to > 'olddefconfig'. Any non-existent config is defined with its default > value instead of 'N'. > > I work with embedded platforms. I need to maintain a set of defconfigs > for different products (customers some times want tailored configs, so > creating a generic one isn't an option always).
make allnoconfig KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=oldconfigfile
I use this trick in http://landley.net/aboriginal/FAQ.html#dev_miniconfig
And yes, I submitted it upstream a couple times last decade, with documentation and everything:
https://lwn.net/Articles/160497/ https://lwn.net/Articles/161086/ http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0607.0/1805.html
Rob
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