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2008/8/6, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>: |
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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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> |
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> ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux |
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> |
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> make oldconfig <???> |
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> make menuconfig |
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> |
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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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> |
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> |
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> edit grub apppropriately |
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> and reboot to the new kernel? |
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In the case you run menuconfig oldconfig is not needed. I did so |
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myself in the past. Now i simply run just oldconfig, because you have |
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a better control of what has changed between the versions. After |
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oldconfig menuconfig is not needed one of them will suffer. |
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Regards, |
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Daniel |
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