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To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
References: <20090430185022.122124349@goodmis.org>
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Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:15:41 +0200
In-Reply-To: <20090430185223.792841532@goodmis.org> (Steven Rostedt's message of "Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:50:29 -0400")
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Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> writes:

> Here's the list and order of search:
>
>   /proc/config.gz
>   /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
>   vmlinux  # local to the directory
>   /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/kernel/configs.ko
>   kernel/configs.ko
>   kernel/configs.o
>   .config


That seems like the wrong order. ./.config should always be first for
compatibility. 

That order would completely wreck all my build scripts, and I suspect
others too.

-Andi

-- 
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