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@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Installation instructions for the Linux kernel (in the kernel root):
<i>(Note: The directory name Kconfiglib/ is significant.)</i>
+In addition to creating a handy interface, the make targets are needed to pick
+up environment variables set in the kernel makefiles, which are referenced in
+the Kconfig files (ARCH, SRCARCH, and KERNELVERSION).
+
Please tell me if the patch does not apply. It should be trivial to apply
manually.