Re: make config and .config file

2006-04-11 Thread Wackojacko
Adam Hardy wrote: 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 fro

RE: make config and .config file

2006-04-11 Thread Yu,Glen [Ontario]
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 b