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Hello again,

after Arnd's short review and appropriate suggestions of change (thank 
you), here is an updated version of my earlier patch:


Signed-off-by: Patrick Ringl <patrick_@freenet.de>

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regards,
Patrick
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--- linux.orig/README	2009-06-10 05:05:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/README	2009-06-12 13:47:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -175,7 +175,15 @@
  			   Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
  			   with questions already answered.
  	"make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
-			   symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig.
+			   symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
+			   or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
+			   depending on the architecture.
+	"make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
+			   Create a ./.config file by using the default
+			   symbol values from
+			   arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
+			   Use "make help" to get a list of all available
+			   platforms of your architecture.
  	"make allyesconfig"
  			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
  			   values to 'y' as much as possible.