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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-sources-5.10.103 - will not boot
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:57:19
Message-Id: t0movr$c5b$1@ciao.gmane.io
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-5.10.103 - will not boot by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On 14/03/2022 00:26, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > Simple human error :-/
3 >
4 > When I did:
5 > cd linux
6 > cp ../linux-old_kernel/.config .
7 > mount /boot/
8 > make oldconfig
9 >
10 > New entries showed up. Instead of pressing "enter" I made a mistake and
11 > press "Y" several times.
12 > This enabled some feature in the new kernel that shouldn't be there;
13 > example: "CONFIG_KCSAN = y"
14
15 Good old contradictory defaults in the kernel config. You press "?" to
16 see the description of an option, and it tells you stuff like "say N
17 unless you know what you're doing," but the default when pressing enter
18 is Y...
19
20 Go figure.