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On 30/12/2017 20:43, Jalus Bilieyich wrote: |
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> Recently there was a kernel update and I don't want to reconfigure it |
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> from scratch. In the official documentation, it told me to move the old |
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> .config into the new kernel source tree and type |
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> make oldconfig |
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> This is where I'm confused; which .config file (/proc/config.gz or |
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> /boot/config) and where in the kernel source tree do I put this file in. |
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Either. As long as the *running* kernel is the one you want to copy |
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from, the contents are identical. You als very likely have a third copy |
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is /usr/src/<whatever>, assuming you left the sources intact after |
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kernel installation (the usual case) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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