Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2013 10:51 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com
> <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I ordered the new mobo as much as I needed to wait.  The mobo is the
> > same brand but a different chipset and a couple other things are
> > different.  I have already built a kernel for those changes.  I plan to
> > put everything on the old mobo on the new mobo.  That includes the CPU.
> > I'm pretty sure this will not be needed but want to ask to be sure.  Do
> > I need to do a emerge -e world or should it "just work" like it is?
> > Since the CPU is going to be the exact same CPU, I'm thinking it is not
> > needed.  I do have march=native set in make.conf.
> >
> > Thoughts?  Thanks.
> >
>
> Personally, I think all you need to do is to ensure that the kernel
> has all the drivers it needs to speak to the new mobo. Other members
> of the @world set relies on the drivers in the kernel.
>
> But I don't use any GUI or audio; if you're using a GUI and/or audio,
> you might also have to re-emerge the relevant bits.
>
> BSTS: just re-emerge @world :-)
>
> Rgds,
> --
>

It uses the same audio chip so that should be OK but that is something
that I hadn't thought of tho.  I have a seperate video card which will
be moving over as well.  So that *should* work.  We hope.

I'm hoping this will be as painless as I hope it will be.  I just got to
remember how to hook the drivers up.  Especially the first one.  I
certainly want sda to be correct.  ;-) 

Thanks.  You thought of something I hadn't thought of.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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