I built 2.4.0-test10 for my laptop and got caught out by `make config'.
When I typed `Pentium-II' for my CPU type, it selected Pentium-III and
my kernel wouldn't boot. To prevent errors of this type, please apply
this patch. As a bonus, `Celeron' will now work as an answer too.
Please apply.
diff -urNX dontdiff linux/scripts/Configure linux-test10/scripts/Configure
--- linux/scripts/Configure Mon Oct 30 22:44:29 2000
+++ linux-test10/scripts/Configure Tue Dec 12 03:39:41 2000
@@ -479,11 +479,14 @@
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
name=$(echo $1 | tr a-z A-Z)
case "$name" in
- "$ans"* )
- if [ "$name" = "$ans" ]; then
- val="$2"
- break # stop on exact match
- fi
+ "$ans"* | */"$ans"* )
+ case "$name" in
+ "$ans" | */"$ans"/* | \
+ "$ans"/* | */"$ans" )
+ val="$2"
+ break # exact match
+ ;;
+ esac
if [ -n "$val" ]; then
echo;echo \
" Sorry, \"$ans\" is ambiguous; please enter a longer string."
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