[Linux Kernel] 리눅스 커널 Configuring

아래 글은 리눅스 문서에 작성되어 있는 커널 Configuring에 대한 설명이다.

잘 설명되어 있기에 따로 해석하여 적어놓지 않아도 읽어보면 어떻게 사용하여야 하는지 쉽게 파악할 수 있을 것이다.

CONFIGURING the kernel:
 
    Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
    version.  New configuration options are added in each release, and
    odd problems will turn up if the configuration files are not set up
    as expected.  If you want to carry your existing configuration to a
    new version with minimal work, use "make oldconfig", which will
    only ask you for the answers to new questions.
 
  - Alternative configuration commands are:
 
      "make config"      Plain text interface.
 
      "make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
 
      "make nconfig"     Enhanced text based color menus.
 
      "make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
 
      "make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
 
      "make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
                         your existing ./.config file and asking about
                         new config symbols.
 
      "make silentoldconfig"
                         Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
                         with questions already answered.
                         Additionally updates the dependencies.
 
      "make olddefconfig"
                         Like above, but sets new symbols to their default
                         values without prompting.
 
      "make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
                         symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
                         or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
                         depending on the architecture.
 
      "make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
                         Create a ./.config file by using the default
                         symbol values from
                         arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
                         Use "make help" to get a list of all available
                         platforms of your architecture.
 
      "make allyesconfig"
                         Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
                         values to 'y' as much as possible.
 
      "make allmodconfig"
                         Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
                         values to 'm' as much as possible.
 
      "make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
                         values to 'n' as much as possible.
 
      "make randconfig"  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
                         values to random values.
 
      "make localmodconfig" Create a config based on current config and
                            loaded modules (lsmod). Disables any module
                            option that is not needed for the loaded modules.
 
                            To create a localmodconfig for another machine,
                            store the lsmod of that machine into a file
                            and pass it in as a LSMOD parameter.
 
                    target$ lsmod > /tmp/mylsmod
                    target$ scp /tmp/mylsmod host:/tmp
 
                    host$ make LSMOD=/tmp/mylsmod localmodconfig
 
                            The above also works when cross compiling.
 
      "make localyesconfig" Similar to localmodconfig, except it will convert
                            all module options to built in (=y) options.
 
    You can find more information on using the Linux kernel config tools
    in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt.