Re: [PATCH] 2.4.13 default config

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.cx)
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:37:45 +0000 (GMT)


Hi Keith.

>> The enclosed patch (against the raw 2.4.13 tree) adds a `make
>> defconfig` option that configures Linux with the default options
>> obtained by simply pressing ENTER to every prompt that comes up.

>> Please apply.

> Please don't. You cannot blindly reply 'y' to all new options, it
> will hang on numbers and strings, the answer has to be context
> sensitive.

Who's replying 'y' to all options? My patch answered by just pressing
ENTER to all options, as you'd've seen if you'd bothered to read it.

> There is already a patch for make allyes, allno, allmod and random
> (but valid) configs in kbuild 2.5. That patch is context sensitive
> and can easily be extended with defconfig.

What does this have to do with my patch?

Best wishes from Riley.

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