[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig ?

2016-04-20 Thread James
Tom H gmail.com> writes: > >> /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig/Makefile > >> /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig/conf.c > I'm not too sure what you're looking for but if you want to compare > config_new and config_old where you generated config_new with > config_old and "make oldconfig", you can use

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig ?

2016-04-19 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:52 AM, James wrote: > Tom H gmail.com> writes: >> >> Perhaps: >> /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig/Makefile >> /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig/conf.c > > thx, You're welcome. I'm not too sure what you're looking for but if you want to compare

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig ?

2016-04-19 Thread James
Tom H gmail.com> writes: > Perhaps: > /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig/Makefile > /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig/conf.c thx, James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig ?

2016-04-19 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:42 PM, James wrote: >>> >>> 1) #make silentoldconfig >>> 2) #make olddefconfig >>> 3) #make oldconfig >>> >>> (3) still seems to work. (2) uses defaults so I do not want that, >>> but what about (1)? What's the difference between (1) and (3) ?

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig ?

2016-04-19 Thread James
Alexander Kapshuk gmail.com> writes: > > 1) #make silentoldconfig > > 2) #make olddefconfig > > 3) #make oldconfig > > (3) still seems to work. (2) uses defaults so I do not want that, but > > what about (1)? What's the difference between (1) and (3) ? Where do > > I read about them of find

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-08-01, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example, 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0). Is it necessary to first do `make oldconfig`, or is it safe to go directly to `make menuconfig`? It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 21:09, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-08-01, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example, 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0). Is it necessary to first

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-08-01, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example, 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0). Is it necessary to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread David W Noon
On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:39:29 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?: What I meant was: If I want a kernel config as close as possible to the older kernel, can I just use `make menuconfig`, or do I have to first run `make oldconfig`. Just copy your

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-08-01, Michael Orlitzky mich...@orlitzky.com wrote: Use oldconfig. Running 'oldconfig' will prompt you for any new sections/drivers that have appeared since your last kernel. Running 'menuconfig' will silently accept all of the defaults for these new options. Why is it safer if only

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 01 August 2011 17:58:18 David W Noon wrote: The make menuconfig will silently do a make oldconfig on the existing .config file before it puts the menu on the screen. This means that the options in the menu hierarchy will reflect the options that were in your old .config file, with

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-09 Thread james
Daniel Pielmeier daniel.pielmeier at googlemail.com writes: 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

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-09 Thread »Q«
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:35:43 + (UTC) james [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Pielmeier daniel.pielmeier at googlemail.com writes: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-06 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-06 Thread Thanasis
on 08/06/2008 04:58 AM James wrote the following: Dale dalek1967 at bellsouth.net writes: Well, the reason I asked is for clarity. I found this gentoo doc, which seems a little dated: http://gentoo-wiki.com/ HOWTO_Detailed_Kernel_Configuration So what I gleen is that you run on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-05 Thread Eric Martin
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: James wrote: 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? It's not needed, but a good idea to see if

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-05 Thread James
Dale dalek1967 at bellsouth.net writes: Well, the reason I asked is for clarity. I found this gentoo doc, which seems a little dated: http://gentoo-wiki.com/ HOWTO_Detailed_Kernel_Configuration So what I gleen is that you run on a kernel, say version linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8 You down load

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-05 Thread M. Sitorus
cd /usr/src rm linux ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8/.config /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 make oldconfig make menuconfig On 8/6/08, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dale dalek1967 at bellsouth.net writes: Well, the reason I asked is for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-05 Thread Dale
James wrote: Dale dalek1967 at bellsouth.net writes: Well, the reason I asked is for clarity. I found this gentoo doc, which seems a little dated: http://gentoo-wiki.com/ HOWTO_Detailed_Kernel_Configuration So what I gleen is that you run on a kernel, say version linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig

2008-08-04 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
James wrote: 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? It's not needed, but a good idea to see if there are any new options.

[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig behaviour

2007-06-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Galevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Now I have to build my conf again since the whole configuration may not suit what I was looking for. Take your old .config as a base. Anyone to tell me what oldconfig target does ? It takes the .config it finds in the source directory and builds the config from

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig behaviour

2007-06-16 Thread Galevsky
Many thanks Alexander, I misunderstood what oldconfig means. just any existing .config file into ... into the src dir. LOL. Thanks again. Gal' 2007/6/16, Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: · Galevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Now I have to build my conf again since the whole configuration may