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On 7/31/2011 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan 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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Necessary to run make old config? No. |
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Easier and simpler most of the time? Yes. |
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I like to make a fresh kernel from scratch every year or so without any |
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previous settings to keep the cruft out. I last did it for my vbox image |
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figuring I was going to need to very little hardware support so starting |
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fresh made sense. |
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kashani |
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