X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=linux-2.6.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;fp=README;h=0d318abaf7fd15f5cf2df2a01c9549262ebfa0fc;hp=3e264723b863add275e6f32c44762f8d09cfe0a0;hb=64ba3f394c830ec48a1c31b53dcae312c56f1604;hpb=be1e6109ac94a859551f8e1774eb9a8469fe055c diff --git a/README b/README index 3e264723b..0d318abaf 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ INSTALLING the kernel: whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be. - You can also upgrade between 2.6.xx releases by patching. Patches are - distributed in the traditional gzip and the newer bzip2 format. To + distributed in the traditional gzip and the new bzip2 format. To install by patching, get all the newer patch files, enter the top level directory of the kernel source (linux-2.6.xx) and execute: @@ -165,31 +165,10 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: "make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool. "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. "make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of - your existing ./.config file and asking about - new config symbols. + your existing ./.config file. "make silentoldconfig" Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen with questions already answered. - "make defconfig" Create a ./.config file by using the default - symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig. - "make allyesconfig" - Create a ./.config file by setting symbol - values to 'y' as much as possible. - "make allmodconfig" - Create a ./.config file by setting symbol - values to 'm' as much as possible. - "make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol - values to 'n' as much as possible. - "make randconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol - values to random values. - - The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can - also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG to specify a - filename that contains config options that the user requires to be - set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=filename is not used, - "make *config" checks for a file named "all{yes/mod/no/random}.config" - for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file is not found, - it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced values. NOTES on "make config": - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can