diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c b/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
index 601b34816..a603053e1 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static NOINLINE int print_linkinfo(const struct nlmsghdr *n)
 			"UNKNOWN\0""NOTPRESENT\0""DOWN\0""LOWERLAYERDOWN\0"
 			"TESTING\0""DORMANT\0""UP\0";
 		printf("state %s ", nth_string(operstate_labels,
-					*(__u8 *)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])));
+					*(uint8_t *)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])));
 	}
 	if (G_filter.showqueue)
 		print_queuelen((char*)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_IFNAME]));
diff --git a/scripts/defconfig b/scripts/defconfig
index 8b88f79b3..896571bd9 100644
--- a/scripts/defconfig
+++ b/scripts/defconfig
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK=y
 # Console Utilities
 #
 CONFIG_CHVT=y
-CONFIG_FGCONSOLE=n
+CONFIG_FGCONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_CLEAR=y
 CONFIG_DEALLOCVT=y
 CONFIG_DUMPKMAP=y