See ftp://ftp.shout.net/pub/users/mec/patch/config-smp.2154 for a
patch against 2.1.54 that converts CONFIG_SMP into a config option.
Encourage Linus to apply this if you really want it. I think it is
the Right Thing(tm), but I don't know what Linus thinks...
>
> * It would be nice for some script to tell the user which are the new flags
> that appeared since he last configurated the kernel (which might be
> several releases away, so that just telling him "read the patches" is no
> fair game); hence, no need to go through all the make *config if no new
> (interesting) option was made available -- just recompile.
> During interactive reconfiguration, (menuconfig, xconfig),
> options and option categories that contain previously undefined options
> could be flagged as such.
>
Try saving a working .config file somewhere (like say /usr/src ),
then do:
cd /usr/src/linux
cp ../.config .config
make oldconfig
This will do what you want.
> * the module installation is not obvious and not very helpful to people
> compiling for another machine: it would be nice for the makefile
> (perhaps calling auxiliary scripts when they exist) to put modules in
> subdirectories block/ net/ etc, so that it's easier to tar the whole
> kernel+modules+whatever and transport them to their final destination
> (also useful when cross-compiling).
>
does "make modules modules_install" not do what you want it to?
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I hope this was helpful.
-Erik
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