From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HYFJu-0007WW-TE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:43:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l325ftF2028819; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 05:41:55 GMT Received: from mailout1.igs.net (mailout1.igs.net [216.58.97.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l325YkJx019474 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 05:34:46 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i209-195-113-231.cia.com [209.195.113.231]) by mailout1.igs.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C51E7B72 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 20:33:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:35:42 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:35:42 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels? Message-ID: <20070402053542.GA2317@waltdnes.org> References: <20070331055510.GA29960@waltdnes.org> <200703311303.41029.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <460E86C5.5060608@gmail.com> <200703311611.42649.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703311611.42649.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: b421b00e-3e08-4a57-b57f-7a5ef2020921 X-Archives-Hash: 87b7962bcea7e7efb885a427ea5dd45b On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:11:42PM +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote > Which risk? Which mess? There is not a risk, if you use oldconfig. With oldconfig, 99% of the updates seem to consist of added support for exotic raid controllers or network cards. Since my system has been running OK for the past couple of years without the new features, I obviously don't need them. I end up hitting "N" all the time. I got bitten in the latest stable kernel (2.6.19-r5). It moved SATA support out of SCSI, and into a separate section altogether. I plowed through "make oldconfig", hitting "N" for every option. Because I have a SATA drive, the result was kernel panic when I rebooted into the new kernel. -- Walter Dnes In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list