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Hi Billy, |
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 3:20:06 PM, you wrote: |
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> Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major |
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> version changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It |
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> may be slow and stupid but it worked like a charm. |
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> Open two root terminals and navigate one to /usr/src/linux (which |
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> should be symlinked to your new sources) and navigate the other to |
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> /usr/src/linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r8. |
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> Run make menuconfig in both terminals. The root terminal that is |
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> in /usr/src/linux- 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 will display your config for |
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> your old kernel. You'll be able to compare your old configuration |
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> to the new one graphically by simply comparing the menus in the root |
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> terminals that you have side by side. Well, I used a new tab within |
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> xterm, same thing I guess. |
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> LIke I said, maybe slow and stupid, but it worksforme. |
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Hmm, I thought 'make oldconfig' does same things. |
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Am I wrong? |
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> Billy Wayne |
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Sergey |
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