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On 5/29/07, Denis <denis.che@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I usually dread kernel updates because then I have to go through |
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> kernel menuconfig all over again, and for me, that takes some time. I |
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> guess one can reuse the old .config file, but I understand it's not |
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> always a safe thing to do. Is it reasonably ok to wait for every |
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> "major" 2.6.x release to update, or is it necessary to update on every |
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> minor 2.6.x.y release also? |
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You can use the old .config safely if you "make oldconfig" before |
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anything else. It will prompt you for replies to any new things, |
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and quietly ditch anything it doesn't recognize. I've been doing this |
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for years. I mostly reply "no" to all the prompts, but sometimes the |
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new stuff is interesting. |
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++ kevin |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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