Re: Configure & Makefile patch for batch config

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 01:32:09 -0400


> This patch is to support "batch", i.e. non-interactive, kernel
> configuration. That is, you can use a .config file you've saved
> somewhere and use it to re-configure a new kernel without having to
> hold down the \n key in "make config". If there's a new kernel
> configuration parameter, the script has to stop and ask you about it.
> I've forgotten details about "make config" and had hassles too many
> times, so I wrote this.

You just re-invented "make oldconfig". ;-)
Give it a whirl.. works great!

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