i decided i wanted to try my hand at kernel compilation. when i try it, 
this is what happens...

pork% config GENERIC
../../../conf/files:7: syntax error
*** Stop.
pork% 

th only mods i made to GENERIC are removed support for 030 and 020s...
line 7 of conf/files is

defopt  KMEMSTATS

i dont know what this all means, im following the Build-HOWTO doc from 
puma, but an earlier email said this was for like 0.9 or 1.0...