<div dir="ltr">Hi Madhu,<br><br>make config:<br>Is a text-based configuration. The options are prompted one after another. All options need to be answered,<br>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.<br><br>make menuconfig:<br>An ncurses-based pseudo-graphical menu (only text input). Navigate through the menu to modify the<br>desired options. Within menuconfig, use the / key to search modules by name.<br><br>make defconfig:<br>Generates a new config with default from the ARCH supplied defconfig file. Use this option to get back the<br>default configuration file that came with the sources.<br><br>There are lot's of other options read the section under configuration targets: <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/makehelp.txt">https://www.kernel.org/doc/makehelp.txt</a><br><br>Hope this helps.<br><br>Aruna<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Madhu K <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:madhu.sk89@gmail.com" target="_blank">madhu.sk89@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I am Kernel newbie, I want to know the difference between config, menuconfig and defconfig.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Madhu</div></div>
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