[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOSv3 Config files

Myles Watson myles at pel.cs.byu.edu
Thu Jan 10 20:17:51 CET 2008



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ron minnich [mailto:rminnich at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:04 PM
> To: Jordan Crouse
> Cc: Myles Watson; Linuxbios
> Subject: Re: LinuxBIOSv3 Config files
> 
> On Jan 10, 2008 10:29 AM, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/01/08 10:19 -0800, ron minnich wrote:
> > > On Jan 9, 2008 1:56 PM, Myles Watson <myles at pel.cs.byu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > make oldconfig < newlines.txt
> > >
> > > yes y | make oldconfig
> >
> > Dangerous - not all defaults are 'y'.
> >
> 
> sure, but it's at least as safe as newlines.txt
> 
> ron

The reason I used new lines was that it selected the defaults.  For example,
for numerical choices 'y' is not a good choice and sends it into an infinite
loop.

I'll grant that new lines are only as safe as the default values.

Myles






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