Menuconfig
make menuconfig is one of five similar tools that can configure the Linux kernel source, a necessary early step needed to compile the source code. make menuconfig, with a convenient menu-driven user-interface, allows the user to choose the features of the Linux kernel (and other options) that will be compiled. It is normally invoked using the command make menuconfig, menuconfig is a target in the Linux kernel Makefile.
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