2008/8/6, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So what I gleen is that you run on > a kernel, say version linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8 > > You down load newer sources, say version > linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 > > cd /usr/src > > rm linux > > ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux > > make oldconfig <???> > make menuconfig > > cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 > cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 > cp .config /boot/config-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 > > > edit grub apppropriately > and reboot to the new kernel?
In the case you run menuconfig oldconfig is not needed. I did so myself in the past. Now i simply run just oldconfig, because you have a better control of what has changed between the versions. After oldconfig menuconfig is not needed one of them will suffer. Regards, Daniel
