Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
Michael Schwendt wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:41:57 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: In either case, if .config exists, then you'll only be asked about new configuration items (which there should not be any of, if it uses one of the prepared configs). Isn't "make oldconfig" non-interactive? Not en

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Douglas Phillipson
Michael Schwendt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:41:57 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: If .config exists, "make oldconfig" will use that. If you are copying a config file to start from, why would you do a "make oldconfig"? You wouldn't need to. Under

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:41:07 -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > I tried make oldconfig and it looked in and took it's info from > /usr/src/linux-2.4/config/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config, which is what I get > with uname -r. Then it created a new ".conf

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:41:57 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > If .config exists, "make oldconfig" will use that. > > > If you are copying a config file to start from, why would you do a "make > > oldconfig"? > > You wouldn't need to. Under stock ker

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Douglas Phillipson
Michael Schwendt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:51:43 -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig". That will load all of your old configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use. Forgive me for n

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Douglas Phillipson
Thank you, that explains much! DSP Gordon Messmer wrote: config-`uname -r` exactly. If .config exists, "make oldconfig" will use that. If you are copying a config file to start from, why would you do a "make oldconfig"? You wouldn't need to. Under stock kernels, "make oldconfig" will ask yo

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:51:43 -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig". That will load all of your old > > configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use. > > Forgive me for not yet being a

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
Douglas Phillipson wrote: The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig". That will load all of your old configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use. Forgive me for not yet being a kernel expert. Before I do this what exactly does "make oldconfig" do? Where does it get

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 09:51, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > >> > >> > > > > The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig". That will load all of your old > > configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use. > > > > > > > Forgive me for not yet being a kernel expert. Before

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-17 Thread Douglas Phillipson
The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig". That will load all of your old configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use. Forgive me for not yet being a kernel expert. Before I do this what exactly does "make oldconfig" do? Where does it get the config file from? D

RE: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-16 Thread Otto Haliburton
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gordon Messmer > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel > > Douglas Phillipso

Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

2003-10-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
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