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On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:30:38 +0100 |
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Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Saturday 28 Jul 2012 16:59:10 Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> > On Jul 28, 2012 10:29 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:22:24 +0300, v_2e@×××.net wrote: |
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> > > > Hello again! |
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> > > > |
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> > > > The problem is solved by adding the following kernel config |
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> > > > option: CONFIG_HID_GENERIC=M |
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> > > > |
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> > > > This option was not present in the old configuration files, |
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> > > > that is |
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> > > > |
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> > > > why simple 'make oldconfig' did not do the job. |
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> > > |
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> > > make oldconfig should pick up new options, that's what it's for. |
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> > > I've just upgraded a box from 3.4.4 to 3.5.0 and it prompted for |
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> > > this option, defaulting to Y (there's little point in making |
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> > > something that is always required a module). |
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> > |
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> > I myself prefer make menuconfig to make oldconfig, because I can |
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> > easily see new options, and also invoke some help text that (tries |
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> > to) explain what the option is about. Not to mention an |
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> > easy-to-read "chain of dependencies" of an option. |
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> > |
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> > Rgds, |
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> Hmm .... but the "H" option in 'make oldconfig' allows you to see the |
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> help text before you decide to accept it or not. Of course, the help |
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> text itself may require you to obtain a University degree in kernel |
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> hacking to decipher it ... but to some extent that's the fun of it |
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> all. ;-) |
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I use both: |
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first oldconfig to find the newly added stuff. Not dealing with these |
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right away breaks things horribly. |
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then menuconfig, mostly looking for driver pages that have lots of |
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things set - I can't possibly have all of that hardware so logically |
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few things must be set. menuconfig also lets me easily see things I hve |
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never explicitly set (which oldconfig can't do) and labels them (NEW) |
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which is distinctly different to what oldconfig calls new stuff |
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And in menuconfig, the / key engages search, just like in vim |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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