diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index b4a898f43c37..39462cf35cd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ keywords.c
 ksym.c*
 ksym.h*
 kxgettext
-lkc_defs.h
 lex.c
 lex.*.c
 linux
diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index ed6653ef9702..9e984bc96e18 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
 				V="${V/#CONFIG_$ARG=/}"
 				V="${V/#\"/}"
 				V="${V/%\"/}"
-				V="${V/\\\"/\"}"
+				V="${V//\\\"/\"}"
 				echo "${V}"
 			fi
 		fi
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
index ee120d441565..be603c4fef62 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ config*
 *.tab.h
 zconf.hash.c
 *.moc
-lkc_defs.h
 gconf.glade.h
 *.pot
 *.mo
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 79662658fb91..77d53999ffb9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  alldefconfig    - New config with all symbols set to default'
 	@echo  '  randconfig	  - New config with random answer to all options'
 	@echo  '  listnewconfig   - List new options'
-	@echo  '  oldnoconfig     - Same as silentoldconfig but set new symbols to n (unset)'
+	@echo  '  oldnoconfig     - Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value'
 
 # lxdialog stuff
 check-lxdialog  := $(srctree)/$(src)/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck:
 	        if [ -f $$d/include/qconfig.h ]; then dir=$$d; break; fi; \
 	      done; \
 	      if [ -z "$$dir" ]; then \
-	        echo "*"; \
-	        echo "* Unable to find any QT installation. Please make sure that"; \
-	        echo "* the QT4 or QT3 development package is correctly installed and"; \
-	        echo "* either qmake can be found or install pkg-config or set"; \
-	        echo "* the QTDIR environment variable to the correct location."; \
-	        echo "*"; \
+	        echo >&2 "*"; \
+	        echo >&2 "* Unable to find any QT installation. Please make sure that"; \
+	        echo >&2 "* the QT4 or QT3 development package is correctly installed and"; \
+	        echo >&2 "* either qmake can be found or install pkg-config or set"; \
+	        echo >&2 "* the QTDIR environment variable to the correct location."; \
+	        echo >&2 "*"; \
 	        false; \
 	      fi; \
 	      libpath=$$dir/lib; lib=qt; osdir=""; \
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck:
 	else \
 	  cflags="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore QtGui Qt3Support --cflags)"; \
 	  libs="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore QtGui Qt3Support --libs)"; \
-	  binpath="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore --variable=prefix)"; \
-	  moc="$$binpath/bin/moc"; \
+	  moc="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore --variable=moc_location)"; \
+	  [ -n "$$moc" ] || moc="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore --variable=prefix)/bin/moc"; \
 	fi; \
 	echo "KC_QT_CFLAGS=$$cflags" > $@; \
 	echo "KC_QT_LIBS=$$libs" >> $@; \
@@ -279,17 +279,17 @@ $(obj)/.tmp_gtkcheck:
 		if `pkg-config --atleast-version=2.0.0 gtk+-2.0`; then			\
 			touch $@;								\
 		else									\
-			echo "*"; 							\
-			echo "* GTK+ is present but version >= 2.0.0 is required.";	\
-			echo "*";							\
+			echo >&2 "*"; 							\
+			echo >&2 "* GTK+ is present but version >= 2.0.0 is required.";	\
+			echo >&2 "*";							\
 			false;								\
 		fi									\
 	else										\
-		echo "*"; 								\
-		echo "* Unable to find the GTK+ installation. Please make sure that"; 	\
-		echo "* the GTK+ 2.0 development package is correctly installed..."; 	\
-		echo "* You need gtk+-2.0, glib-2.0 and libglade-2.0."; 		\
-		echo "*"; 								\
+		echo >&2 "*"; 								\
+		echo >&2 "* Unable to find the GTK+ installation. Please make sure that"; 	\
+		echo >&2 "* the GTK+ 2.0 development package is correctly installed..."; 	\
+		echo >&2 "* You need gtk+-2.0, glib-2.0 and libglade-2.0."; 		\
+		echo >&2 "*"; 								\
 		false;									\
 	fi
 endif
@@ -298,8 +298,11 @@ $(obj)/zconf.tab.o: $(obj)/zconf.lex.c $(obj)/zconf.hash.c
 
 $(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/qconf.moc
 
-$(obj)/%.moc: $(src)/%.h
-	$(KC_QT_MOC) -i $< -o $@
+quiet_cmd_moc = MOC     $@
+      cmd_moc = $(KC_QT_MOC) -i $< -o $@
+
+$(obj)/%.moc: $(src)/%.h $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck
+	$(call cmd,moc)
 
 # Extract gconf menu items for I18N support
 $(obj)/gconf.glade.h: $(obj)/gconf.glade
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 52577f052bc1..13ddf1126c2a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -182,10 +182,66 @@ static int conf_set_sym_val(struct symbol *sym, int def, int def_flags, char *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define LINE_GROWTH 16
+static int add_byte(int c, char **lineptr, size_t slen, size_t *n)
+{
+	char *nline;
+	size_t new_size = slen + 1;
+	if (new_size > *n) {
+		new_size += LINE_GROWTH - 1;
+		new_size *= 2;
+		nline = realloc(*lineptr, new_size);
+		if (!nline)
+			return -1;
+
+		*lineptr = nline;
+		*n = new_size;
+	}
+
+	(*lineptr)[slen] = c;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t compat_getline(char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream)
+{
+	char *line = *lineptr;
+	size_t slen = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		int c = getc(stream);
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case '\n':
+			if (add_byte(c, &line, slen, n) < 0)
+				goto e_out;
+			slen++;
+			/* fall through */
+		case EOF:
+			if (add_byte('\0', &line, slen, n) < 0)
+				goto e_out;
+			*lineptr = line;
+			if (slen == 0)
+				return -1;
+			return slen;
+		default:
+			if (add_byte(c, &line, slen, n) < 0)
+				goto e_out;
+			slen++;
+		}
+	}
+
+e_out:
+	line[slen-1] = '\0';
+	*lineptr = line;
+	return -1;
+}
+
 int conf_read_simple(const char *name, int def)
 {
 	FILE *in = NULL;
-	char line[1024];
+	char   *line = NULL;
+	size_t  line_asize = 0;
 	char *p, *p2;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	int i, def_flags;
@@ -247,7 +303,7 @@ load:
 		}
 	}
 
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), in)) {
+	while (compat_getline(&line, &line_asize, in) != -1) {
 		conf_lineno++;
 		sym = NULL;
 		if (line[0] == '#') {
@@ -335,6 +391,7 @@ setsym:
 			cs->def[def].tri = EXPR_OR(cs->def[def].tri, sym->def[def].tri);
 		}
 	}
+	free(line);
 	fclose(in);
 
 	if (modules_sym)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 82cc3a85e7f8..e3b12c010417 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # What library to link
 ldflags()
 {
-	for ext in so a dylib ; do
+	for ext in so a dll.a dylib ; do
 		for lib in ncursesw ncurses curses ; do
 			$cc -print-file-name=lib${lib}.${ext} | grep -q /
 			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ ldflags()
 # Where is ncurses.h?
 ccflags()
 {
-	if [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
+	if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
+		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncursesw/curses.h>"'
+	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/curses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses/curses.h>"'
-	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
-		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncursesw/curses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	else
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.c
index 154c2dd245b7..4e5de60a0c0d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ do_resize:
 		case 'e':
 		case 'X':
 		case 'x':
+		case 'q':
 			delwin(box);
 			delwin(dialog);
 			return 0;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ do_resize:
 			break;
 		case 'B':	/* Previous page */
 		case 'b':
+		case 'u':
 		case KEY_PPAGE:
 			if (begin_reached)
 				break;
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ do_resize:
 			break;
 		case KEY_NPAGE:	/* Next page */
 		case ' ':
+		case 'd':
 			if (end_reached)
 				break;
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index f606738d421d..f584a281bb4c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ static const char mconf_readme[] = N_(
 "Text Box    (Help Window)\n"
 "--------\n"
 "o  Use the cursor keys to scroll up/down/left/right.  The VI editor\n"
-"   keys h,j,k,l function here as do <SPACE BAR> and <B> for those\n"
-"   who are familiar with less and lynx.\n"
+"   keys h,j,k,l function here as do <u>, <d>, <SPACE BAR> and <B> for \n"
+"   those who are familiar with less and lynx.\n"
 "\n"
-"o  Press <E>, <X>, <Enter> or <Esc><Esc> to exit.\n"
+"o  Press <E>, <X>, <q>, <Enter> or <Esc><Esc> to exit.\n"
 "\n"
 "\n"
 "Alternate Configuration Files\n"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index 8c0eb65978c9..1704a8562a5d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ static const char nconf_readme[] = N_(
 "Text Box    (Help Window)\n"
 "--------\n"
 "o  Use the cursor keys to scroll up/down/left/right.  The VI editor\n"
-"   keys h,j,k,l function here as do <SPACE BAR> for those\n"
-"   who are familiar with less and lynx.\n"
+"   keys h,j,k,l function here as do <u>, <d> and <SPACE BAR> for\n"
+"   those who are familiar with less and lynx.\n"
 "\n"
-"o  Press <Enter>, <F1>, <F5>, <F7> or <Esc> to exit.\n"
+"o  Press <Enter>, <F1>, <F5>, <F9>, <q> or <Esc> to exit.\n"
 "\n"
 "\n"
 "Alternate Configuration Files\n"
@@ -1503,7 +1503,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	}
 
 	notimeout(stdscr, FALSE);
+#if NCURSES_REENTRANT
+	set_escdelay(1);
+#else
 	ESCDELAY = 1;
+#endif
 
 	/* set btns menu */
 	curses_menu = new_menu(curses_menu_items);
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
index 3b18dd839668..379003c7a2b4 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
@@ -604,9 +604,11 @@ void show_scroll_win(WINDOW *main_window,
 		switch (res) {
 		case KEY_NPAGE:
 		case ' ':
+		case 'd':
 			start_y += text_lines-2;
 			break;
 		case KEY_PPAGE:
+		case 'u':
 			start_y -= text_lines+2;
 			break;
 		case KEY_HOME:
@@ -632,10 +634,10 @@ void show_scroll_win(WINDOW *main_window,
 			start_x++;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (res == 10 || res == 27 || res == 'q'
-		    || res == KEY_F(F_BACK) || res == KEY_F(F_EXIT)) {
+		if (res == 10 || res == 27 || res == 'q' ||
+			res == KEY_F(F_HELP) || res == KEY_F(F_BACK) ||
+			res == KEY_F(F_EXIT))
 			break;
-		}
 		if (start_y < 0)
 			start_y = 0;
 		if (start_y >= total_lines-text_lines)