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From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
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Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: GENERIC and DEFAULTS
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> You missed the part where I said that the error is
> commonly reported by people who have chosen not to
> build modules.

The DEFAULTS construction is put in place to help
'novices' not to do stupid things (as removing
io/mem).

However, does 'building a kernel without modules'
qualify as a novice action? I wonder.
I think if you know how to do that, you've quite
progressed in the world of kernel building!

Rob.



	
		
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