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On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Grant Edwards |
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<grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2011-08-01, 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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> It's always safe to do 'make menuconfig', and always has been (at |
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> least since the 0.97 days when I started running Linux). You just |
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> have to select all the options correctly. |
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> |
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> All that 'make oldconfig' does is start you out with something as |
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> close to your old kernel configuration as possible. |
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Which is an incredible timesaver...I hope I never forget to keep the |
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"/proc/config.gz" option enabled again. |
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