From: "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
To: Hao Lee <haolee.swjtu@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: What is the difference between make oldconfig and make menuconfig?
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <383779.1586632622@turing-police> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+PpKPmJPzihREL_9P0nYLm93248rWurDoZ-K+qJMmxFSt9_DA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 23:09:54 +0800, Hao Lee said:
> I know make oldconfig is used to update my old .config to a newer one
> and it will prompt me questions about the new configuration options.
> However, make menuconfig can also handle old .config file properly and
> it doesn't prompt any questions. I don't know what happened when
> menuconfig processes my old .config file. Does it make decisions for
> me automatically? Thanks.
If the Kconfig file uses a 'default' clause for the option, menuconfig will use
that. If not, I believe it defaults to 'No'.
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2020-04-11 15:09 What is the difference between make oldconfig and make menuconfig? Hao Lee
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