...
removed `./init/Kconfig.orig'
removed `./init/main.c.orig'
+ find . -name '*~' -exec rm -fv '{}' ';'... and ensures that the good, working base kernel remains unchanged.
* An error in a device driver is ... which mounts the root filesystem and loads the remaining modules defined in the /etc/modprobe.conf file... modules versus a monolithic kernel. Most of the remaining kernel options use loadable modules by default