On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 08:45, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > daid kahl wrote: >>>>> I tried closely comparing the current working kernel with newly built >>>>> one. I mean side by side with `make menuconfig' running in both sources. >>>>> I cannot tell what it is I'm overlooking. >>>>> >>>> Please do not do this. Instead emerge kccmp to compare kernel >>>> configurations! It is much easier...trust me, I tried brute-force as >>>> well! >>>> >>> Thanks for the tip... that tool does look useful. At least for >>> kernel comparison I think it might beat the poop out of the ediff mode >>> in emacs. Although the emacs tools are better in general. >>> >>> I managed to get the kernel figured out... (with plenty of help here) >>> but I think I'll tinker with kccmp, see how it works, and be ready for >>> next time. >>> >> >> It's really easy. You just run it with two configuration files as >> inputs, and it gives a nice X display with different settings, and >> then settings that are only in one config or the other (resulting from >> different kernel versions or sub-config options). >> >> >>> Answering a dozen or so questions on the cmdline beats the poop out of >>> flopping around in menuconfig, or even worse, 2 instances of >>> menuconfig. >>> >>> What is really maddening is that I once knew how to do the stuff with >>> .config and `make oldconfig'. Here lately I seem to forget things I >>> once knew if I don't use the knowledge for a mnth or two. >>> >>> >> I always do it from the command line with a web-browser searching >> http://cateee.net/ for any config I don't know what it is. >> >> ~daid >> >> >> > > Sounds like he may as well use that genkernel thingy that Gentoo has. > It never has worked for me but he may have better luck. It may even > work on the first try. LOL
I've been using genkernel for 4+ years, of course had some problema along the way, nothing that couldn't be handle. I find it really easy to use. Yeah, it worked first time, some tweaking later and BANG! It was perfect! -- Daniel da Veiga
