Re: CML2 funkiness

["Andrew Rodland" <arodland@noln.com>]

That reminds me, I use vesafb, and I get a just plain black
 screen on boot, if I use CML2 to configure the kernel. I'd
 assume it's just because there are one or two FB-related
 symbols that seem to be getting dropped.

On 02 Jan 2002 17:42:47 -0800
 Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> I am seeing other problems.  Using CML2 with a
>  2.4.18-pre1
> tree, I was unable to create a kernel that would boot.
> It kept crashing with messages stating that the rivafb
>  driver
> did not support 8-bit color depth.  I tried tweaking my
> configuration for a while, but finally reverted to CML2
> and was then able to get a working kernel.  I'll
>  investigate
> further and send along a diff of the working and broken
> configuration files.
> 
> Another thing I notice is that when I create a
>  configuration
> using CML2, then switch to CML1 and run "make oldconfig"
> using the same kernel tree, it appears there are
>  configuration
> options that never got set in the CML2 .config file.
> I suppose this may simply be due to CML2 writing out the 
> options in a different order.
> 
> 	Miles
>