From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQ7L1-0004YJ-CS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:11:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 432F3E05E8; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.232]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C6EE05E8 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so401389wxd.10 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:11:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=hY/t4jSsPNgyfGVTAjTXD6p9fXdEeOzZmLDjFqk6zY8=; b=ZMYCPIsNgYlMloTXrBHts6haW80xpDbSQgSpeBij7AxdmBPjq42/UbFW9Nf62AmoyX kk7JQ/+ie3rSMZ0RYqkzTdkfdYjnCQm5iGmxpBpyQ+ImKC+MvOcwftrOVKRPkOgw/Q4o C+lmuU4HL/4rA7JdZjhcLIwkX0bUX3W1opDQ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=BS6BO6Ok7FTxalt/ee9YJaLXWRUYYwG4J0MKGNJE6dhbxtt35GqC34VBStvZwc6X1t tadw68OV0Gin1Fat26cnhAQJoQftz3/qakmiz3GTg2xTUDanOAj4W1I2VJdugaK/9R1j 7Dc/atNMes5YFbeDAz5YL1Q16lD0QwhzTjXUc= Received: by 10.70.18.11 with SMTP id 11mr181465wxr.73.1217884289812; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:11:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?68.244.56.239? ( [68.244.56.239]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h13sm8489643wxd.37.2008.08.04.14.11.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:11:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4897382E.5080503@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:11:10 -0400 From: Eric Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080728) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig3F279123D0488E9255F8146C" X-Archives-Salt: cdcaa08c-8ff8-4fd0-a82e-7df6663f0137 X-Archives-Hash: db0cebf03b2d2f442659774fbacd67cf This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig3F279123D0488E9255F8146C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable James wrote: > Hello, >=20 > It seems like I remember that 'make oldconfig' is not > needed any more, to pass the current (booted) kernel > option to the .config for building a new kernel. >=20 > Of is 'make oldconfig' still a good idea? >=20 >=20 > James >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 You still need make oldconfig AFAIK. I copy my .config to the new sources branch and run make oldconfig just like always. --=20 Eric Martin Key fingerprint =3D D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F --------------enig3F279123D0488E9255F8146C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiXODcACgkQdheOldgSlQjhEQCeK3+l5dpkCjMLy/3YQVpKMNTr zHkAn0mx3x33zI0POPQQvlwtPV9h38Yl =kgzX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig3F279123D0488E9255F8146C--