> > FYI, you can check the behavor before and after appying the attached
> > patch,
> >
> > which directs make config, oldconfig menuconfig and xconfig to
> > ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ --- ^^^^^^^
> >
> > use the values from the defconfig file if a bool-, tristate-, or
> > dep_tristate-option is to be configured.
> >
> > Please mail me your comments.
>
> I am going to have to try this.
Yes of course, I made the patches to save much trouble from *many* people
which upgrade to 2.1.32 and possibly all future 2.1 kernels.
>
> One more thing I would like would be a tag for the .config that would
> indicate if something is boolean, tristate, or other, i.e.
>
> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y #tristate ... or #(n/y/m)
It was easy to make such a patch, but I would suggest that you do a
"make oldconfig | grep Y/m"
to get that report. ---^
;-)
Bernhard
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