[Nix-dev] Compiling the Linux kernel for the Sheevaplug

[Rickard Nilsson]

Hi,

I managed to get my Sheevaplug running NixOS with the help of Lluís'  
nixos-system-tarball  
(http://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/tmp/nix/nixos-system-armv5tel-linux.tar.xz).  
I've then tried to build my system with a recent kernel (3.1). But the  
build stops after the kernel config step, with the output "unused option:  
<xxx>". If I comment out the option in question in the linux_3_1 nix  
expression, I can run the build again, and now it complains about some  
other unused option. I can continue commenting out that option too, but I  
don't want to carry on like that...

What does "unused option" mean? Why does the build stop?


Best regards,
   Rickard Nilsson