Difference between config, menuconfig and defconfig

[Aruna Hewapathirane]

Hi Madhu,

make config:
Is a text-based configuration. The options are prompted one after another.
All options need to be answered,
and out-of-order access to former options is not possible. Try this *once*
so you have the experience but after that stay away just too much work and
grief.

make menuconfig:
An ncurses-based pseudo-graphical menu (only text input). Navigate through
the menu to modify the
desired options. Within menuconfig, use the / key to search modules by name.

make defconfig:
Generates a new config with default from the ARCH supplied defconfig file.
Use this option to get back the
default configuration file that came with the sources.

There are lot's of other options read the section under configuration
targets: https://www.kernel.org/doc/makehelp.txt

Hope this helps.

Aruna

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Madhu K <madhu.sk89 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am Kernel newbie, I want to know the difference between config,
> menuconfig and defconfig.
>
> Thanks,
> Madhu
>
> _______________________________________________
> Kernelnewbies mailing list
> Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
> https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20160919/79d93b9d/attachment.html