Hi all, I faced an ethernet driver miss during my kernel configuration, because I had a wrong idea of what 'make oldconfig' did. I thought the oldconfig target build up a new .config file starting from the /proc/config.gz one then asking for new options.
But It was not the case here: sd-4421 linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r8 # gunzip -c /proc/config.gz | grep VIA CONFIG_MVIAC3_2=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VIA=y CONFIG_VIA_RHINE=y # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_NAPI is not set CONFIG_VIA_VELOCITY=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA=y CONFIG_I2C_VIA=m CONFIG_I2C_VIAPRO=m # CONFIG_SENSORS_VIA686A is not set sd-4421 linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r8 # make mrproper oldconfig [snip] sd-4421 linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r8 # grep VIA .config # CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set CONFIG_SATA_VIA=y # CONFIG_PATA_VIA is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set # CONFIG_VIA_VELOCITY is not set CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA=y # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set So, I did not build up the VIA RHINE and VELOCITY drivers. Now I have to build my conf again since the whole configuration may not suit what I was looking for. Anyone to tell me what oldconfig target does ? Many thanks for your support, Gal' -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
