Re: [gentoo-user] auto-config of new gentoo-sources?
Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org writes: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: So my question is: how is this possible? Is maybe .config file from the old sources-tree copied to new sources-tree? Or is the actual configuration of running kernel somehow detected and .config file generated? The latter. Have a look at DEFCONFIG_LIST init/Kconfig. So is it no longer necessary to run 'zcat /proc/config.gz .config' to transfer the current configuration as a 'seed' when installing a new kernel?
Re: [gentoo-user] auto-config of new gentoo-sources?
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Graham Murray gra...@gmurray.org.uk wrote: Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org writes: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: So my question is: how is this possible? Is maybe .config file from the old sources-tree copied to new sources-tree? Or is the actual configuration of running kernel somehow detected and .config file generated? The latter. Have a look at DEFCONFIG_LIST init/Kconfig. So is it no longer necessary to run 'zcat /proc/config.gz .config' to transfer the current configuration as a 'seed' when installing a new kernel? That is porting your existing config to new kernel. You can't miss the step, lol. If you have genkernel, the simplest one would be genkernel --kernel-config=/proc/config.gz -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com
[gentoo-user] auto-config of new gentoo-sources?
Hi Gentoo-users, I noticed one thing so I want to ask if it is a coincidence or intentional behaviour. It concerns installation of kernel sources (more exactly gentoo-sources). When I installed Gentoo on new computer I followed oficial guide. So I emerged gentoo-sources, went through make menuconfig, configured everything I needed, compiled kernel, installed, etc. Now the funny thing: When I update sources (like now, 3.7.9) and go through make menuconfig again (this time in new tree), there is nearly nothing to do, except a few new features. It looks like they are pre-configured exactly for me! :-) So my question is: how is this possible? Is maybe .config file from the old sources-tree copied to new sources-tree? Or is the actual configuration of running kernel somehow detected and .config file generated? Just curious, because I think it was not always this way. Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
Re: [gentoo-user] auto-config of new gentoo-sources?
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: So my question is: how is this possible? Is maybe .config file from the old sources-tree copied to new sources-tree? Or is the actual configuration of running kernel somehow detected and .config file generated? The latter. Have a look at DEFCONFIG_LIST init/Kconfig.
