Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
2008/8/4, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hello,
It seems like I remember that 'make oldconfig' is not
needed any more, to pass the current (booted) kernel
option to the .config for building a new kernel.
Of is 'make oldconfig' still a good idea?
James
At least in the kernel Makefile there is no hint about /proc/config.gz
which contains the running kernel configuration, so I think make
oldconfig or your favourite kernel configuration tool is still needed.
If there is no .config or .config.old it will load a default
configuration which is probably not what you want.
Having a config in /proc is a option in the kernel. You just have to
turn it on. It is under the General setup as "Enable access to .config
through /proc/config.gz". I have mine here:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] / # ls -al /proc/config*
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10060 2008-08-05 14:19 /proc/config.gz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] / #
It can prove helpful at times.
Dale
:-) :-)
