Re: Kernel Config enhancements
Martin von Loewis (martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de)
Mon, 3 Nov 1997 11:23:54 +0100
> * 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.
This has been there as 'make oldconfig' for a long time. Copy the
.config from the previous sources, and make oldconfig.
It probably should be better advertised.
> Will the VFS layer change yet again? Are there any porting notes
> between the two VFS layers?
Probably, and not that I know of. It would be nice to have better
VFS documentation in the first place.
Regards,
Martin