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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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>> On Monday 06 Feb 2012 05:47:53 Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>>> Heads up... the network ethernet device drivers aettings are laid out |
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>>> differently in 3.2.1, and "make oldconfig" misses a few items. The new |
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>>> layout route goes like so... |
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>>> Device Drivers ---> |
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>>> [*] Network device support ---> |
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>>> [*] Ethernet driver support ---> |
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>>> This brings you to a menu by manufacturer. The drivers are no longer |
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>>> divided by speed. "make oldconfig" misses a few items. I ended up |
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>>> writing down my settings in 3.0.6 and manually adding them to 3.2.1 when |
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>>> running "make oldconfig". |
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>> Hmm ... I'm almost sure I *only* used oldconfig from 3.0.6 to 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 |
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>> and didn't have such a problem. I remember noticing that the tree of options |
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>> changed and afterwards went into make menuconfig to see if anything was missed |
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>> out, but I did not make any changes there (AFAIR). |
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> I just went from 3.1.5 to 3.2.2 and it worked fine here. I know, |
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> different versions but it may help narrow down when things break. If it |
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> is broke. ;-) |
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> Dale |
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No problems here, but... |
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1) Yes, all my old network adapters were chosen correctly |
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2) ALL manufacturers were enabled unnecessarily |
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3) Interestingly, it seems that nearly every NIC coming after the last |
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one of mine was also selected even though they hadn't been previously. |
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So, while _I_ wouldn't say make oldconfig is broken, I _would_ say |
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make oldconfig is broken. ;-) |
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- Mark |
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