On 2007-10-02, Jed R. Mallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > kernel version if it's *not* a revision-upgrade
Nonsense. Just copy your old .config file into the new source directory and do a "make oldconfig". It'll prompt you when it runs across options that aren't set in the old .config file. You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has been completely redone between 2.6.21 and 2.6.22. It's always fun to have major incompatible changes made between minor versions in a stable kernel. :/ -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! My NOSE is NUMB! at visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list