From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3Mmh-0005j0-Vo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:38:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B5A98E078A; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3413E078A for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:38:49 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqgEAAa56EpFxK0q/2dsb2JhbACBT9oQhD8EiEs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,644,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="48344586" Received: from 69-196-173-42.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.173.42]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 29 Oct 2009 00:38:48 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:38:28 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:38:28 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel panic -- finding proper config diff Message-ID: <20091029043828.GA31182@waltdnes.org> References: <20091024084452.79c2f94c@majikthise> <20091026091033.1e847792@majikthise> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.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: <20091026091033.1e847792@majikthise> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 6c08450c-d529-438d-81d3-beb420e9e059 X-Archives-Hash: 54ae847294c68aa1159a2cefac7d7c6a On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 09:10:33AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote > That's a correct assumption. The assumption about which options you don't > need may not have been so correct. It's safer to start with a bloated but > working kernel and whittle it down gradually. And keep backup copies of each working .config file as you go merrily whittling away, so you can fall back to something other than back to square 1. -- Walter Dnes