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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: describe how to quickly build a trimmed kernel
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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On 3/6/23 16:07, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> I think it depends whether someone would pick from /proc/config.gz or
>> /boot/config. My kernel configuration have CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y but I
>> often copy the config from the latter instead, since I booted with
>> arbitrary kernel version when compiling two or three versions, and I
>> want to ensure that the config used is from correct version (i.e.
>> I use /boot/config-5.15.x-string to build 5.15.x+1 kernel).
> 
> Well, I'd say for most users the file that was automatically picked up
> by olddefconfig/localmodconfig will be the right one. And for cases like
> yours there is already this in the text:
> 
> ```
> The make targets try to find the configuration for your running kernel
> automatically, but might choose poorly. A line like ‘# using defaults
> found in /boot/config-6.0.7-250.fc36.x86_64’ or ‘using config:
> ‘/boot/config-6.0.7-250.fc36.x86_64’ tells you which file they picked.
> If that is not the intended one, simply store it as ‘~/linux/.config’
> before using these make targets.
> ```
> 

Ah, I don't see that feature! Thanks anyway.

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