3 Michael Elizabeth Chastain, <mailto:mec@shout.net>
5 - If a variable has a value of "m" in the previous .config file,
6 and a type of bool in the Config script, then all the interpreters
7 get confused. This happens frequently when someone changes a
8 tristate option to a bool option and people in the field have
9 .config files with a value of 'm'. For example: CONFIG_PSMOUSE.
11 - CONFIG_MODVERSIONS has incorrect dependencies. If you have a
12 problem building the kernel, and you have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS turned
13 on, do a 'make dep' followed by 'make clean' before you try anything
16 - 'make dep' uses multistage dependencies, so the .hdepend file contains
17 'touch' commands. As a result, building a kernel often touches files
18 in include/linux/*.h. This messes up CVS and other systems which like
19 to rely on file dates.
21 - 'make dep' fails for C files which include other C files, such as
22 drivers/cdrom/sbpcd2.c.