Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:
I don't think all the _details_ may be intentional, but the fact that I don't think all the _details_ may be intentional, but the fact that make oldconfig
make oldconfig
"just works" is definitely a good thing.
"just works" is definitely a good thing.
The "hides the prompt for 64BIT" is just a technical detail. It could equally well be a pre-determined Kconfig fragment that is used to generate a particular Kconfig.
used to generate a particular Kconfig.
But once you *have* that particular Kconfig, I do think that "make oldconfig" should just work.
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or just something people found to work?I don't think all the _details_ may be intentional, but the fact that I don't think all the _details_ may be intentional, but the fact that make oldconfig
make oldconfig
"just works" is definitely a good thing.
"just works" is definitely a good thing.
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so it is asking for user input.The "hides the prompt for 64BIT" is just a technical detail. It could equally well be a pre-determined Kconfig fragment that is used to generate a particular Kconfig.
used to generate a particular Kconfig.
But once you *have* that particular Kconfig, I do think that "make oldconfig" should just work.