<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your response,</div><div><br></div><div>I have gone through <span style="font-size:12.8px">"Linux Kernel in a </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Nutshell" by Greg Kroah-Hartman.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">What he states in that book is :</span></div><div><br></div><div>Default Configuration Options:</div><div>Every kernel version comes with a “default” kernel configuration. This configuration
is loosely based on the defaults that the kernel maintainer of that architecture
feels are the best options to be used.<br></div><div><br></div><div>That means kernel maintainer will define default configuration for his architecture not for all architecture, I mean kernel maintainer might have defined configuration for x86, not for ARM, POWERPC and all, is my understanding correct?, if not please correct me.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Madhu</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Andrea D'Amore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:and.damore@gmail.com" target="_blank">and.damore@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 19 September 2016 at 07:43, Madhu K <<a href="mailto:madhu.sk89@gmail.com">madhu.sk89@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I am Kernel newbie, I want to know the difference between config, menuconfig<br>
> and defconfig.<br>
<br>
</span>Check the configuring and building chapter of book "Linux Kernel in a<br>
Nutshell" by Greg Kroah-Hartman who's on this list.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
--<br>
Andrea<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>