On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Joseph M Dupre (AVAB Inc.) wrote:

> I have noticed that with linux 2.6.11.12, after I do a 'make
> mrproper' (which removes any .config file that the might be there),
> and then 'make menuconfig', menuconfig has "remembered" the settings
> that I used to build the previous kernel.  If .config has been
> deleted, where is menuconfig getting this information???
>
 Sounds very unlikley, Joe.  If .config doesn't exist, menuconfig will
use the defaults.  Of course, if you are now building as a user and
there is a .config owned by root, it might still be there along with all
the object files that root built.

> How can I restart menuconfig with the "default" config settings from
> the original tarball? (Without removing and un-tarring the source
> again.)
>
> - Joe
>

 Probably, make defconfig.  Most people will probably keep the config in
/proc/config.gz, so to start from a nearly-correct config you can just
zcat that to .config (modulo permissions and ownership, of course).

Ken
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