RE: [Ltib] Avoiding ltib preconfiguring a local kernel

[Colin Helliwell]

I seem to have it all building ok now. I have created a new configuration
file at the top level of my kernel tree, and pointed the ltib configuration
at that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Hughes [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 16 December 2008 10:27
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Ltib] Avoiding ltib preconfiguring a local kernel
> 
> Hi Colin,
> 
> Currently LTIB always copies something to .config.  It does this IIRC as
> we need to run 'make oldconfig' on something to align possibly old
> configs with newer kernels.
> 
> The best you can do at the moment is to name one of the default configs
> that are under arch/$LINTARCH/configs/ .  If this named file is no in
> your config/platform/imx21ads/, LTIB will search for this in your kernel
> source tree and then copy it to the .config.  This means you'd need to
> keep your named defconfig under source control rather than the .config.
> 
> This is probably a better option too if you can tolerate it as
> the .config is modified when you run mconf/conf on it.
> 
> Regards, Stuart
> 
> On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 09:41 +0000, Colin Helliwell wrote:
> > I am trying to build the kernel from a local directory. I can't see how
> to
> > stop ltib copying its 'built in' kernel config for the platform over to
> > .config :   "cp -f
> > /home/ltib/config/platform/imx21ads/linux-arm-2.4.20-celf3-
> imx21ads.config.d
> > ev ./.config"
> >
> > Ltib is from last week's cvs head.
> >
> >
> >
> > The FAQ suggests the ltib config menu should have an option for the
> default
> > kernel config it is going to apply ("kernel preconfig"), but I can't
> spot
> > this when I run it.
> >
> > Because my kernel will be under source control independent of ltib, I
> want
> > to be able to have the kernel built always according to the .config in
> the
> > kernel source tree, not any other.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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