Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:53:15 -0400 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Re: CML2 1.1.3 release announcement |
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Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com>: > It also appears that upon a re-configuration of 2.4.3 from 2.2.17: > > > cd /usr/src/linux > > cp ../linux-2.2.17/.config . > > make oldconfig > > where the old configuration did not include FrameBuffer support, > then performing an Xconfig to tweak some settings and enable FB, > no default fonts were allocated. This is contrary to CML1 behavoir. > > > grep ^CONFIG_FB .config > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y > CONFIG_FB_MACH64=y > > > however CML1, after only selecting the applicable drivers gives: > > grep ^CONFIG_FB ~/myotherbox-2.4.3.config > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y > CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y > CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES=y
Yes, all those extra symbols are derived from the drivers that you didn't select during the CML2 run. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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