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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:36
Message-Id: 20100310134719.7fe66c8b@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31 by Tanstaafl
1 On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:22:41 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
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3 > > Today is when running a lilo menu with "production" and "experimental"
4 > > kernels saved me. "production" is 2.6.30-r8. "experimental" is
5 > > 2.6.31-r6 or 2.6.31-r10 (same problems with either one). I set
6 > > /usr/src/linux to point at 2.6.31-r6 (or 10), copied .config from
7 > > 2.6.30-r8 and ran "make oldconfig".
8 >
9 > I *never* use make oldconfig between major kernel versions...
10
11 The .30, .31 is the minor kernel version. You shouldn't use oldconfig
12 when going from 2.4 to 2.6 but from 2.6.m to 2.6.n is safe.
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15 --
16 Neil Bothwick
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18 Anything is possible if you don't know what
19 you are talking about.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31 Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>