Re: "make menuconfig" is dangerously broken...

Linux Lists (lists@cyclades.com)
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:37:27 -0700 (PDT)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: David C Niemi: "Re: 2.1.92 [and 2.1.93 ...] crashes on Compaq 6000"
Previous message: Daniel Egger: "Re: [2.1.93] /proc/bus/pci gone!"

> In the end it turns out, doing "make menuconfig" was the
> main source of problems.
>
> Using "make config" or "make xconfig" will produce correct
> results, including even support for generic PCI-IDE-DMA.
>
> I am inclined to say that "make menuconfig" should be wrapped
> with a BIG warning that it is unsafe with certain input scripts.
> An example of such input is: drivers/block/Config.in
>
> > make xconfig is also known to be 'unsafe'!

Well, I tried 'make config' in my system and it didn't make any
difference: /proc/bus/pci is still missing (actually, there is nothing
under /proc/bus) ... :(

Comments ???

Regards,
Ivan Passos

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu

Next message: David C Niemi: "Re: 2.1.92 [and 2.1.93 ...] crashes on Compaq 6000"
Previous message: Daniel Egger: "Re: [2.1.93] /proc/bus/pci gone!"