Re: [Xen-users] My .config gets ignored even after I copy into the xen0 kernel tree

[Fernando Maior <fernando.souto.maior@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/17/05, prosolutions@xxxxxxx <prosolutions@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I downloaded the xen testing source, ran "make xen" and "make tools"
> 
> I copied my custom Linux 2.6.11 kernel .config to
> dist/install/boot/config-2.6.11-xen0 and ran "make kernels"
> 
> then, to check that the newly built linux-2.6.11-xen0 kernel
> actually used the options from dist/install/boot/config-2.6.11-xen0 I
> ran "make ARCH=xen menuconfig" and noticed that it had not.  This is
> critical because I use the XFS filesystem and the default options for
> xen do not add support for it.
> 
> so i copied my config to linux-2.6.11-xen0/.config and ran "make
> ARCH=xen menuconfig", made sure the correct options for XEN were
> selected, and then exited.  When I run "make ARCH=xen menuconfig" again
> I see that all my options are lost.  Most options are completely
> disabled.  For example, ATA support is totally disabled.

I am not a developer for Xen, but may be I can help...
When you exec "make ARCH=xen menuconfig" there should be
an option to use another .config file, may I suggest you to try
it? It is not a solution, just a workaround, while the solution is
not at hand.

-- 
Bye,
Fernando Maior
LPIC/1 31908

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