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cd /usr/src |
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rm linux |
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ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux |
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cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8/.config /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 |
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make oldconfig |
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make menuconfig |
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On 8/6/08, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Dale <dalek1967 <at> bellsouth.net> writes: |
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> Well, the reason I asked is for clarity. |
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> I found this gentoo doc, which seems a little dated: |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/ |
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> HOWTO_Detailed_Kernel_Configuration |
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> So what I gleen is that you run on |
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> a kernel, say version linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8 |
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> You down load newer sources, say version |
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> linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 |
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> cd /usr/src |
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> rm linux |
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> ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux |
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> make oldconfig <???> |
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> make menuconfig |
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> cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 |
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> cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 |
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> cp .config /boot/config-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 |
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> edit grub apppropriately |
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> and reboot to the new kernel? |
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> This is what I do, but I do not use the oldconfig command. |
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> A friend asked me how I build new kernel on gentoo and |
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> I was hoping to find a current howto, that does not |
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> use genkernel and such. I did not have any luck finding one |
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> (although I did not look very hard). |
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> Any suggestions are appreciated. The aforementioned howto |
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> suggest that make oldconfig, xconfig and menuconfig are |
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> alternate ways? Maybe your not suppose to mix oldconfig |
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> with menuconfig? |
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> The reason I ask is some 2.6.23 to 2.6.24. to 2.6.25 |
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> kernel have lost setting (selected options) using |
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> menuconfig alone. However, for a while the selected |
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> options were always correctly included using the above |
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> This is the source of my need for some clarity. |
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> Maybe an updated howto is what is really needed? |
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> One that skips genkernel and such? |
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> James |
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Salam, |
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Marc |