Re: [PATCH 00/14] kconfig: streamline distro configs for testers

[Ingo Molnar]

* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > ah - indeed, i forgot that it bases its decision off /proc/config, 
> > if available, right?
> 
> Here's the list in order of seach:
> 
> 1. local .config file  (in tree root)
> 2. /proc/config.gz
> 3. /boot/config-`uname -r`
> 4. /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` (extracts .config if configured in)
> 5. vmlinux (local built vmlinux if .config is configured in)
> 6. /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
> 7. kernel/configs.ko
> 8. kernel/configs.o
> 
> I originally had /proc/config.gz but Andi Kleen correctly pointed 
> out that it would be more intuitive if we use the local .config 
> first. This would be something that I myself would expect. If you 
> don't want the local .config used, then simply delete it.

Well, but there's already a mechanism to include configs as a 
must-have list: KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=.config.

	Ingo
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