When you do "make oldconfig", it just takes all the settings from your existing kernel (or the one you used to make ".config" with) and transfers them directly to the new kernel that you want to upgrade to. If there are new options/settings available in the new kernel (and there probably will be), they will prompt you for it and ask if you want that option. In general, answering "no" to all of them will more or less allow your new kernel to behave the same as your old (existing) one.
HTH -Glen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glen Yu | 416-739-4861 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:14 AM To: debian Subject: make config and .config file What's the situation with the .config file when recompiling the kernel? I am running 2.6.12 and it took me a few attempts to get that config right, which I stupidly didn't document. Now I want to upgrade to 2.6.16 and I am not sure whether I can use the old .config file from my /usr/src/linux-2.6.12 dir. Will using an old .config from 2.6.12 override some new defaults that may have appeared in 2.6.16? I'm unsure of the mechanism used by the make xconfig or menuconfig step. Thanks Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
