On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:32:59PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi all! > > I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. > Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian > GNU/Linux repositories. > > In order to generate the configuration, I've copied the file > corresponding to this kernel to the directory of sources, > /usr/src/linux, and I've executed make menuconfig: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.32 > # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config > > # make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > But when I execute 'make', restart config becomes and I'm interrogated > on some details of the configuration: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > antares:/usr/src/linux# make > HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf > scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig > * > * Restart config... > * > * > * RCU Subsystem > * > RCU Implementation > > 1. Tree-based hierarchical RCU (TREE_RCU) > choice[1]: 1 > Enable tracing for RCU (RCU_TRACE) [N/y/?] n > Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value (RCU_FANOUT) [32] (NEW) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Something similar happens when compiling using the Debian way. > > I have the impression that 'make' is taking like reference the > configuration in /boot/ and the one that is in /usr/src/linux and when > finding differences, it interrogates to me on some things. Is it > possible? Under other circumstances, which can be the problem? > > Thanks in advance for your replies.
Well, the kernel build does check what your current config is, and
based on that, asks you some new questions. One way I get around this
is:
cd <kernel-build-directory>
cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config
make menuconfig # choose the options you want.
Run make-kpkg to build my kernel deb.
The make menuconfig step refreshes your config, so that you can skip
the "interrogation" step.
HTH.
Kumar
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