Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

[Alarig Le Lay]

On Sun 04 Apr 2021 23:56:05 GMT, Michael wrote:
> On Sunday, 4 April 2021 23:31:50 BST Alarig Le Lay wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has the 5.10 LTS has been stablised, I tried to upgrade it on some of my
> > boxes, but `make oldconfig` doesn’t want to use my old config:
> > Here is my make output: https://paste.swordarmor.fr/raw/2rRh
> > And here is my config:  https://paste.swordarmor.fr/raw/YHaG
> >
> > Does anyone else has to redo its configuration, and did you manage to
> > reuse the old one?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> The 'make oldconfig' script steps through the previous configuration
> selections and stops at any new options which require your input.  In the
> pasted output you provided the first option asking for your input is your
> preferred compression algorithm for the kernel image.  Choose any one of the
> list below, or leave it to default (gzip):
>
> Kernel compression mode
> > 1. Gzip (KERNEL_GZIP)
>   2. Bzip2 (KERNEL_BZIP2)
>   3. LZMA (KERNEL_LZMA)
>   4. XZ (KERNEL_XZ)
>   5. LZO (KERNEL_LZO)
>   6. LZ4 (KERNEL_LZ4)
>   7. ZSTD (KERNEL_ZSTD) (NEW)
> choice[1-7?]:
>
> Then proceed to the next kernel option and so on.

Ah yes indeed, I never had a choice that early in the process. Thus, I
never saw the "Restart config..." and I misunderstood it. Thanks :D

-- 
Alarig