How do you generate the config file?

[慕冬亮]

Hello,
    If you want to reuse the config of current kernel, you can use
`make oldconfig` to generate config file.

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     Dongliang Mu

2017-01-29 18:24 GMT-05:00 Ozgur Karatas <mueddib at goosey.org>:
>
> Hello,
>
> you can get .config files in two ways, firstly get the existing .config file
> and compile to kernel.
>
> $ cp /boot/config-x.x.x /bla/linux/.config
>
> Second, use the generate command:
>
> $ make defconfig
>
> Regards,
>
> ~Ozgur
>
> 30.01.2017, 01:18, "Abel" <akronix5 at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi!
>
> Where do you get the config file from? or do you generate it yourself?
>
> I'm using xUbuntu 16.04 in a VM inside VMWare, following the instructions
> described in kernelnewbies wiki. (By the way, the download links to the iso
> images of Ubuntu don't work for me)
>
> If I copy the latest config file in /boot, kernel 4.4.0, it starts to ask me
> many config parameters that I don't know what to answer. I tried to press
> always <enter> to set up the default parameters, but after compiling I get
> an error trying to boot from that kernel (see atachment).
>
> I tried with make menuconfig and that seems to work, but it takes too long
> because it builds and includes many many drivers modules.
> Yeah, I know I could navigate through the ncurses window and select the
> stuff I want and deselect what I don't want, but I'd rather prefer just a
> simple config file that builds and works and don't waste time in
> understanding all the stuff that it's in there.
>
> So, isn't there a way to get a simple config file just to develop kernel
> stuff for an Ubuntu image?
> I've even gone to the kernel ppa sources for Ubuntu:
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.5/; but it only provides
> a patch using the debian config files (which don't come from git sources of
> course).
>
> I just want a config file, copy it to the kernel root code and compile.
>
> Greetings,
>
>                                                        Abel
>
>
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