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From: Xavier Neys <neysx@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: kernel-upgrade.xml
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:27:28
Message-Id: 20060723122714.9C9C3643E4@smtp.gentoo.org
1 neysx 06/07/23 12:27:14
2
3 Modified: kernel-upgrade.xml
4 Log:
5 #138582 no need for --udev w/ genkernel anymore, how to reuse config with genkernel
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.16 xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.16&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.16&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?r1=1.15&r2=1.16
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14 Index: kernel-upgrade.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.15
18 retrieving revision 1.16
19 diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16
20 --- kernel-upgrade.xml 4 May 2006 16:49:14 -0000 1.15
21 +++ kernel-upgrade.xml 23 Jul 2006 12:27:14 -0000 1.16
22 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
23 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.15 2006/05/04 16:49:14 fox2mike Exp $ -->
25 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.16 2006/07/23 12:27:14 neysx Exp $ -->
26
27 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
28 <guide link="/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml">
29 @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
30 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
31 <license/>
32
33 -<version>0.4</version>
34 -<date>2006-05-04</date>
35 +<version>0.5</version>
36 +<date>2006-07-23</date>
37
38 <chapter>
39 <title>Introduction</title>
40 @@ -171,9 +171,9 @@
41
42 <p>
43 For either of these options, you should refer to the instructions given in the
44 -<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/index.xml">Gentoo
45 -Handbook</uri> relating to <e>Configuring the Kernel</e> and <e>Configuring
46 -the Bootloader</e>. Below is an outline of the required actions:
47 +<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/">Gentoo Handbook</uri> relating to <e>Configuring
48 +the Kernel</e> and <e>Configuring the Bootloader</e>. Below is an outline of
49 +the required actions:
50 </p>
51
52 </body>
53 @@ -192,18 +192,14 @@
54 </p>
55
56 <pre caption="Invoking genkernel">
57 -<comment>(For 2.4 kernels:)</comment>
58 # <i>genkernel all</i>
59 -
60 -<comment>(For 2.6 kernels:)</comment>
61 -# <i>genkernel --udev all</i>
62 </pre>
63
64 <p>
65 You can also use extra parameters for other genkernel functionality. For
66 example, if you wish to configure some extra kernel options using
67 -<c>menuconfig</c> and you wish genkernel to automatically update your grub
68 -boot loader configuration, then invoke genkernel as follows:
69 +<c>menuconfig</c> and you wish genkernel to automatically update your grub boot
70 +loader configuration, then invoke genkernel as follows:
71 </p>
72
73 <pre caption="Invoking genkernel with some common arguments">
74 @@ -211,9 +207,8 @@
75 </pre>
76
77 <p>
78 -For more info, follow the
79 -<uri link="/doc/en/genkernel.xml">Gentoo Linux Genkernel
80 -Guide</uri>, or refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/index.xml">Gentoo
81 +For more info, follow the <uri link="/doc/en/genkernel.xml">Gentoo Linux
82 +Genkernel Guide</uri>, or refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/">Gentoo
83 Handbook</uri>. Many of the options can be set in the configuration file for
84 <c>genkernel</c>, <path>/etc/genkernel.conf</path>.
85 </p>
86 @@ -420,9 +415,9 @@
87 </p>
88
89 <p>
90 -To reuse your old <path>.config</path>, you simply need to copy it over and then
91 -run <c>make oldconfig</c>. In the following example, we take the configuration
92 -from <c>gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r1</c> and import it into
93 +To reuse your old <path>.config</path>, you simply need to copy it over and
94 +then run <c>make oldconfig</c>. In the following example, we take the
95 +configuration from <c>gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r1</c> and import it into
96 <c>gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r2</c>.
97 </p>
98
99 @@ -432,6 +427,12 @@
100 # <i>make oldconfig</i>
101 </pre>
102
103 +<pre caption="Reusing your old config with genkernel">
104 +# <i>cd /etc/kernels</i>
105 +# <i>cp kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r2</i>
106 +# <i>genkernel all</i>
107 +</pre>
108 +
109 <p>
110 At this point, you may be asked to produce answers for configuration options
111 which have changed between the two versions. Once you have done that, you can
112
113
114
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