Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 08/01/2011 12:00 PM, kashani wrote: > On 7/31/2011 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan 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

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread kashani
On 7/31/2011 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan 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`? Necessary to run

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread David W Noon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 09:06:17 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about "[gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?": >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 (l

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-08-01 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sunday, July 31 at 21:23 (-0500), Jeremy McSpadden said: > Better to run make oldconfig. It merges the changes. > > -- > Jeremy McSpadden > def...@uberpenguin.net > > > > > On Jul 31, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (fo

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-07-31 Thread Bill Longman
On Jul 31, 2011 7:06 PM, "Pandu Poluan" 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`? > Y

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-07-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan 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`?

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-07-31 Thread Dale
Jeremy McSpadden wrote: Better to run make oldconfig. It merges the changes. -- Jeremy McSpadden def...@uberpenguin.net Yep. I always run make oldconfig then just run make && make modules_install. Once oldconfig is done, the kernel should be configured and ready to build. Dale :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-07-31 Thread Jeremy McSpadden
Better to run make oldconfig. It merges the changes. -- Jeremy McSpadden def...@uberpenguin.net On Jul 31, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Pandu Poluan 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). > > I

[gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?

2011-07-31 Thread Pandu Poluan
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`? Rgds, -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http: