[Buildroot] svn At revision 20289 breakage

[Babarovic Ivica <ivica.babarovic@asist.si>]

Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
>
> It is always the case that you have to provide a ".config" file for 
> linux.
>
> For some lucky souls Buildroot will do it for you.
> This is when there is an appropriate definition somewhere in the 
> target directory,
> and if you have supplied the right kernel.
Well, I guess I was lucky until now. I never provided any kernel or 
.config files.
I still fail to see why this is important for buildroot build. Kernel 
headers?

I have a .config file from a kernel I build. Should I put that into 
buildroot process?
What differences would it make?
>
> For some unlucky souls, they now have an option to start a "make xconfig"
> to get a window allowing them to configure things instead of having a 
> failed build.
>