diff -r 1cca90ce0481 -r c57458bb354d kconfig/conf.c
--- a/kconfig/conf.c	Fri Oct 17 12:47:53 2008 +0000
+++ b/kconfig/conf.c	Sun Jan 17 23:06:02 2010 +0100
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
 static void check_stdin(void)
 {
 	if (!valid_stdin) {
-		printf(_("aborted!\n\n"));
-		printf(_("Console input/output is redirected. "));
-		printf(_("Run 'make oldconfig' to update configuration.\n\n"));
-		exit(1);
+		/* For crosstool-NG, we don't care if stdin/stdout got redirected.
+		 * In this case, just printf a cariage return, for pretty output.
+		 */
+		printf("\n");
 	}
 }