menuconfig not working about build

[lanefu]

./compile BOARD=<boardname> BRANCH=current kernel-configure

[EvilOlaf]

KERNEL_CONFIGURE is deprecated. Maybe it got broken in the meantime.
Also you are not supposed to do edits except from userpatches directory unless you plan to do patching.

The correct/modern/more developer friendly way to do it is

1. use kernel-config to modify the kernel configuration as needed.
2. Once done copy the config from output/ directory to userpatches/.
3. Use kernel build argument to use this config to create a kernel package or do not use an argument at all to build a full image.

Full example for an Orangepi One:

./compile.sh BOARD=orangepione BRANCH=current kernel-config
# Now configure and simply save as `.config
cp output/config/linux-sunxi-current.config userpatches/
./compile.sh BOARD=orangepione BRANCH=current kernel

Since you have a config already you can skip this part and directly copy the file to userpatches.,

[EvilOlaf]

@MegaArman I made a mistake with the path in userpatches which I corrected above. tl;dr: The config simply needs to be copied to userpatches. No sub-folders.

[github-actions]

Jira ticket: AR-2123

[MegaArman]

This time I replaced the config/kernel/linux-meson64-current.config (chosen for the board I'm on - Le Potato) with my existing .config file and it actually seems to load it and is compiling as expected.

This looks to be a temporary workaround

EDIT: got error https://paste.armbian.com/okayaxijuw

[MegaArman]

trying to just use menuconfig to deselect some options then exit results in those options being ignored as well

[MegaArman]

Is this actually fixed or is that work around the only option for the time being? I'm unable to test this week .

Just to be clear, I'm talking about the kernel ncurses menu like this

^ when loading a config file there it gets ignored upon exiting and automatically starts compiling. This is particularly problematic because you may not realize a driver you didn't want was built until late in the build process (for example)