2.6 kernel config support problems

From: Michael Ward (michaelward_at_sprintmail.com)
Date: 02/28/05

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    Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:16:49 -0800

    Just thought I'd post this in case others have run into this and someone
    reading this group has an insight.

    I configured the kernel using: make xconfig
    and wasn't sure I'd like the results, so left the config results in the
    .config file rather than saving and managing them seperately as I
    ususally do (anyway, I had "Kernel .config support" checked, together
    with "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz").

    Turns out I liked the way things worked (seemed to get rid of Fedora
    Core 3 hang on logout through some magic combo of config options), but
    before I remebered to copy .config to something safe, I'd already found
    my fingers had entered: make mrproper

    This blew away my .config file, but, I'm way too lucky to get bogged
    down by that because I've built in .config support. Imagine my chagrin
    to find out that the /proc/config.gz that I tried to load into the "make
    xconfig" gui did not display the settings I used for building the kernel
    (and no error messages about loading the config).

    Hey, Dude! Where's my .config.

    - Mike

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