From 7e3a2897e7e8d8b398162f464f093388efbaf48f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:01:24 +0000
Subject: Add comments about the kernel make defconfig option when configuring
 the kernel.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10306 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter08/kernel.xml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'chapter08')

diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 00309b469..3b91f4849 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@
     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;
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