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On Friday, 11 November 2022 06:25:27 GMT Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I been stuck on gentoo-sources 5.14.15 for a while. I tried upgrading |
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> to I think 5.16 and then more recently 5.18. I upgraded like I always |
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> do, copy .config over and run make oldconfig. Once I get everything in |
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> /boot, init thingy and all, I update grub. When I get around to |
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> rebooting, the new kernels always fail part way through booting. I |
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> can't recall the error since I last tried a newer kernel several months |
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> ago. |
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> I'm about to try to jump to version 6.0.5 which is latest in the tree. |
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> Is there some major change that causes copying .config file from 5.14 to |
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> 5.18 or higher to break? Do I need to configure a new kernel from |
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> scratch in other words? While I try to answer each question the best I |
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> can, either I'm breaking something or something else breaks preventing |
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> updating from older versions. I just don't know which it is. Me or it. |
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The evidence seems to point in one direction. :) |
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One box here runs ~amd64, whose kernel has just now been upgraded to 6.0.8. |
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I'll boot it in a few minutes, but I'm not expecting problems: it's been |
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through the whole 6 series so far with no difficulty - even for me! |
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I can't remember any difficulty going from the 5 series to 6.0.0 either, even |
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though it was a .0 version, which we all know is generally to be suspected. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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