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information about configuring and building the kernel can be found at
<ulink url="http://www.kroah.com/lkn/"/> </para>
- <note><para>Due to recent changes in <application>udev</application>, be sure to
+ <note><para>A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration
+ is to run <command>make defconfig</command>. This will set the base
+ configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture
+ into account.</para>
+
+ <para>Due to recent changes in <application>udev</application>, be sure to
select:</para>
<screen role="nodump">Device Drivers ---&gt;