<[email protected]> writes:
> > 201.2 The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and
> >utilities:
> >
> >    * mkinitrd * mkinitramfs * make * make options (config, xconfi
> 
> Well, "make" is a development tool and the options from building the kernel
> with "make xx" are so named targets defined in the Makefile itself and not
> from the make itself.  They can change and you can query it simple by running
> "make help".

Good point.  The choice of the term 'options' is a legacy word.  I've changed
it to 'make targets' since that's what they are in make terminology.


> Knowing of one of it like "make menuconfig" for console/vt100 or for GUI:
> gconfig, xconfig, .. or oldconfig is enough to build a kernel.

No.  That's enough to configure the build system for the kernel. :)  There
are more commands needed to build the kernel.

Also, this objective covers ram disks and the like, too.

Regards,
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