UBUNTU: Ubuntu-2.6.38-12.51

[linux-flexiantxendom0-natty.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 90a0765..1b81d28 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
  - Alternate configuration commands are:
        "make config"      Plain text interface.
        "make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
  - Alternate configuration commands are:
        "make config"      Plain text interface.
        "make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.

+       "make nconfig"     Enhanced text based color menus.

        "make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
        "make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
        "make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
        "make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
        "make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
        "make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of

@@ -174,8 +175,17 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
        "make silentoldconfig"
                           Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
                           with questions already answered.
        "make silentoldconfig"
                           Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
                           with questions already answered.

+                          Additionally updates the dependencies.

        "make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
        "make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default

-                          symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig.
+                          symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
+                          or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
+                          depending on the architecture.
+       "make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
+                         Create a ./.config file by using the default
+                         symbol values from
+                         arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
+                         Use "make help" to get a list of all available
+                         platforms of your architecture.

        "make allyesconfig"
                           Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
                           values to 'y' as much as possible.
        "make allyesconfig"
                           Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
                           values to 'y' as much as possible.

@@ -188,7 +198,7 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
                           values to random values.
 
    You can find more information on using the Linux kernel config tools
                           values to random values.
 
    You can find more information on using the Linux kernel config tools

-   in Documentation/kbuild/make-configs.txt.
+   in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt.

 
        NOTES on "make config":
        - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can
 
        NOTES on "make config":
        - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can