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From: Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Kernel build failing on new install
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:14:51
Message-Id: 20201013171241.vm4eint5llr7b67l@ad-gentoo-main
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Kernel build failing on new install by Peter Humphrey
1 On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 06:06:51PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2 > On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:13:34 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
3 >
4 > > It seems that deleting stuff in "make menuconfig" is 90% of the work in a
5 > > kernel config. All etherenet drivers are default enabled. What bugs me is
6 > > that with every kernel upgrade, "make oldconfig" shows a whole bunch of new
7 > > ethernet drivers, and they're all default enabled.
8 >
9 > You can avoid that by copying your .config file from the previous version.
10
11 Even then, running a `make syncconfig` on your old .config in a new kernel
12 sources directory will ask all the same questions regarding new features. Some
13 defaults are sensible, some are not.
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