Hi Chris,

2011/3/30 Chris Jones <chris@martin-jones.com>:
> A quick dependency question.
>
> I'm fiddling with some files deep in the kernel -
> /arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa2xx.c for example - and having real trouble
> getting the menuconfig2 build procedure to take any notice.
>
> I make my change (note, it's just for hardware debugging, so the relevant
> file isn't included in any of the balloon3 patches and quilt knows nothing
> about it) and type make at the top level. Precisely no notice of my change
> is taken. Why not?
>
> Must I include my change in a patch?

Short answer is yes.

> Typing make in the kernel build directory asks me lots of scary config
> questions and thus feels like I shouldn't be doing it.

On the toplevel directory type: make kernel, it is known to be buggy
in some cases, I was currently having a look to it, but it should be
fine if you start of a clean environment.

If it does not work give a shout here.

Cheers,
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