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Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> 2008/8/4, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>: |
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>> Hello, |
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>> It seems like I remember that 'make oldconfig' is not |
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>> needed any more, to pass the current (booted) kernel |
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>> option to the .config for building a new kernel. |
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>> Of is 'make oldconfig' still a good idea? |
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>> James |
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> At least in the kernel Makefile there is no hint about /proc/config.gz |
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> which contains the running kernel configuration, so I think make |
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> oldconfig or your favourite kernel configuration tool is still needed. |
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> If there is no .config or .config.old it will load a default |
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> configuration which is probably not what you want. |
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Having a config in /proc is a option in the kernel. You just have to |
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turn it on. It is under the General setup as "Enable access to .config |
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through /proc/config.gz". I have mine here: |
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root@smoker / # ls -al /proc/config* |
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-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10060 2008-08-05 14:19 /proc/config.gz |
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root@smoker / # |
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It can prove helpful at times. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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