Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Friday, 11 November 2022 06:25:27 GMT Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I been stuck on gentoo-sources 5.14.15 for a while.  I tried upgrading
> to I think 5.16 and then more recently 5.18.  I upgraded like I always
> do, copy .config over and run make oldconfig.  Once I get everything in
> /boot, init thingy and all, I update grub.  When I get around to
> rebooting, the new kernels always fail part way through booting.  I
> can't recall the error since I last tried a newer kernel several months
> ago. 
> 
> I'm about to try to jump to version 6.0.5 which is latest in the tree. 
> Is there some major change that causes copying .config file from 5.14 to
> 5.18 or higher to break?  Do I need to configure a new kernel from
> scratch in other words?  While I try to answer each question the best I
> can, either I'm breaking something or something else breaks preventing
> updating from older versions.  I just don't know which it is. Me or it. 

The evidence seems to point in one direction.  :)

One box here runs ~amd64, whose kernel has just now been upgraded to 6.0.8. 
I'll boot it in a few minutes, but I'm not expecting problems: it's been 
through the whole 6 series so far with no difficulty - even for me!

I can't remember any difficulty going from the 5 series to 6.0.0 either, even 
though it was a .0 version, which we all know is generally to be suspected.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.