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On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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> Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example, |
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> 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0). |
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> Is it necessary to first do `make oldconfig`, or is it safe to go |
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> directly to `make menuconfig`? |
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> Rgds, |
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It is not necessary but you'll be starting from scratch. Linux often |
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suggests that's the best thing to do but I've done make oldconfig for |
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12 years now and never had a problem that I could trace back to using |
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it. It certainly saves time. |
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I also ALWAYS run make menuconfig following make oldconfig mainly so I |
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can exit from menuconfig and get messages (if any) about config |
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problems. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Mark |
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