From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100310134719.7fe66c8b@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B979D21.4040206@libertytrek.org>
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:22:41 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
> > Today is when running a lilo menu with "production" and "experimental"
> > kernels saved me. "production" is 2.6.30-r8. "experimental" is
> > 2.6.31-r6 or 2.6.31-r10 (same problems with either one). I set
> > /usr/src/linux to point at 2.6.31-r6 (or 10), copied .config from
> > 2.6.30-r8 and ran "make oldconfig".
>
> I *never* use make oldconfig between major kernel versions...
The .30, .31 is the minor kernel version. You shouldn't use oldconfig
when going from 2.4 to 2.6 but from 2.6.m to 2.6.n is safe.
--
Neil Bothwick
Anything is possible if you don't know what
you are talking about.
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-10 1:36 [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31 Walter Dnes
2010-03-10 9:02 ` Kaddeh
2010-03-10 13:22 ` Tanstaafl
2010-03-10 13:38 ` Dale
2010-03-10 13:46 ` Tanstaafl
2010-03-10 14:07 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-03-10 14:19 ` Tanstaafl
2010-03-11 10:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-03-10 13:47 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2010-03-10 13:56 ` Tanstaafl
2010-03-10 14:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-03-10 14:27 ` Tanstaafl
2010-03-10 14:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-03-10 15:46 ` Tanstaafl
2010-03-10 15:53 ` Paul Hartman
2010-03-10 14:09 ` Mick
2010-03-10 14:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-03-10 14:03 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-03-10 13:55 ` Mick
2010-03-11 13:03 ` Walter Dnes
2010-03-11 13:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-03-11 13:23 ` Jonathan
2010-03-11 23:38 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [solved] " Walter Dnes
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