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On 2017.12.28 14:52, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hello, Gentoo. |
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> |
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> Having just built linux-4.14.7-gentoo, suddenly a new version of the |
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> kernel, linux-4.14.8-gentoo-r1 has become stable. Configuring a |
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> kernel from scratch is a repetitive drudge. |
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> |
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> There is some way of initialising a new kernel .config from an |
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> existing one, I am sure, but I can't find it. I've looked at the |
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> Gentoo wiki, I've looked at (some of) the kernel's own |
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> documentation. The nearest I can find is make oldconfig, which |
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> supposedly does what I want, but it just seems to start off with a |
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> default .config and go through the hundreds of questions one at a |
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> time. |
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> So, would some kind soul please tell me how to get my old .config |
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> into a new one properly. Thanks! |
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You need to copy your old .config into the new kernel source |
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directory. "make oldconfig" then uses those values, and only asks you |
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about new items. It sounds like it was asking about everything because |
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it didn't have the old file as a starting point - so was starting from |
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scratch. |
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Jack |
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