On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:19:39 +0200
Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> reusing old configs). So after digging a bit it turns out dsd has an
> explanation in his devspace.. ;)
>
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/make_oldconfig.htm
Bo, good job digging this up. Thanks for the link :)
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On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 22:19 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
>
> I was kind of surprised to see that the gentoo kernel upgrade guide does
> indeed warn about `make oldconfig` (which isn't the same as warning about
> reusing old configs). So after digging a bit it turns out dsd has an
> explanat
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 17:44:52 Jed R. Mallen wrote:
> Thank you to all who responded. `make oldconfig` works as usual without the
> worries. I was a bit apprehensive because of the gentoo kernel upgrade
> guide warning about using oldconfigs but turns out it's safe afterall.
I was kind of s
Thank you to all who responded. `make oldconfig` works as usual without the
worries. I was a bit apprehensive because of the gentoo kernel upgrade guide
warning about using oldconfigs but turns out it's safe afterall. Thanks guys.
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:22:07 +0800, Jed R. Mallen wrote:
> I don't really need the config files. As I've said I've been doing the
> make oldconfig way before and I'm just wondering with the change of
> kernel versions if this is still "safe" in any way. Thanks.
Yes it is. I've recycled my config f
071002 Jed R. Mallen wrote:
> Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly?
Copy .config from the previous /usr/src/linux/ to the new one,
run 'make xconfig' & tell it to load the .config you copied.
That will keep all your previous settings,
but allow you to react to new f
On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:07:08 -0700
"Hex Star" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is quite simple, take this config file which is the default distro
> config: http://esc69.midphase.com/~moiress/good_config (compiles most
I don't really need the config files. As I've said I've been doing the make
oldc
Oops sorry forgot this was the gentoo list XD ...
Just use this config: http://esc69.midphase.com/~moiress/good_config (rename
to .config!) and do a make oldconfig and enjoy :)
It is quite simple, take this config file which is the default distro
config: http://esc69.midphase.com/~moiress/good_config (compiles most
everything as modules, if you don't want the compile to take forever you
might want to change the config to only include what is absolutely necessary
to boot y
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 10:19 +0800, Jed R. Mallen wrote:
> Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly? I'm
> using 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 right now, and have foregone upgrading to
> 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and -r8 because I read somewhere that I can't just
> use my old .config file for a new
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:19:57 +0800
Jed R. Mallen wrote:
>
> Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly? I'm
> using 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 right now, and have foregone upgrading to
> 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and -r8 because I read somewhere that I can't just
> use my old .config file for a n
On Monday 01 October 2007 10:19:57 pm Jed R. Mallen wrote:
> Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly? I'm using
> 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 right now, and have foregone upgrading to 2.6.22-gentoo-r5
> and -r8 because I read somewhere that I can't just use my old .config file
> for a n
Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly? I'm using
2.6.21-gentoo-r4 right now, and have foregone upgrading to 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and
-r8 because I read somewhere that I can't just use my old .config file for a
new kernel version if it's *not* a revision-upgrade and I can on
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