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

[Andi Kleen]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 02:28:06PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:15 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Quite, except that I hardly ever have a ./.config since I make extensive
> use of O=foo

yes I do too.  I meant $O/.config sorry

-Andi

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