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Subject: Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 06:30:47PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>> For the end user case you need the distro to plonk the right file in the
>> right place and be done with it, once they do that the rest is
>> bikeshedding a ten line Makefile rule.
>
> This might work well for future releases; is there not a need to
> make this work for past releases too?

This approach can work for any 3.x kernel version with any distro. The 
distro provides the file, with a new kernel version you do "make 
distconfig', with something prior to when this is added you do 'cp 
/etc/kconfig/filename .config ; make oldconfig' instead.

the make oldconfig papers over a LOT of differences between the kernel 
that the distro built with and the kernel the user is trying to compile.

David Lang