[FE training-materials-updates] Add details about "make oldconfig"

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Tue Mar 10 10:01:07 CET 2015


Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git

On branch  : master
Link       : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=ff5ec955c278a4b687ea898e8e4a7c3383a6951b

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commit ff5ec955c278a4b687ea898e8e4a7c3383a6951b
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 10 10:00:27 2015 +0100

    Add details about "make oldconfig"
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>


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ff5ec955c278a4b687ea898e8e4a7c3383a6951b
 .../sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex                              | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex
index 4a3f85a..ee8d34c 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration/sysdev-linux-intro-configuration.tex
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
   \item Useful to upgrade a \code{.config} file from an earlier kernel release
   \item Issues warnings for configuration parameters that no longer
     exist in the new kernel.
-  \item Asks for values for new parameters
+  \item Asks for values for new parameters (while \code{xconfig}
+    and \code{menuconfig} silently set default values for new
+    parameters).
   \end{itemize}
   If you edit a \code{.config} file by hand, it's strongly recommended
   to run \code{make oldconfig} afterwards!



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