Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon May 04 2009 - 08:16:02 EST


Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Here's the list and order of search:
>
> /proc/config.gz
> /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
> vmlinux # local to the directory
> /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
> kernel/configs.ko
> kernel/configs.o
> .config


That seems like the wrong order. ./.config should always be first for
compatibility.

That order would completely wreck all my build scripts, and I suspect
others too.

-Andi

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