Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752424Ab3IVVRE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:17:04 -0400 Received: from snt0-omc4-s12.snt0.hotmail.com ([65.55.90.215]:63740 "EHLO snt0-omc4-s12.snt0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751947Ab3IVVRD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:17:03 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 368 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:17:03 EDT X-TMN: [S023wddnjWh7MHhxP6Xv5y695ItArdGw] X-Originating-Email: [varadgautam@live.com] Message-ID: From: Varad Gautam To: Thiago Farina , linux list Subject: RE: throuble installing kernel Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:40:53 +0530 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Sep 2013 21:10:54.0165 (UTC) FILETIME=[39403050:01CEB7D8] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 705 Lines: 10 > What I'm doing wrong? I want it to use my .config, I don't want to > answer all the thousands questions it prompts me (I don't know all the > options to know what should go and what should not, hence I want it to > use my current configuration). Hi! If you want to use the existing .config file, you should use `make oldconfig` instead. It may still prompt for options not in the file; to use the default ones, just do `yes "" | make oldconfig`. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/