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 1M4Kj9-0003Ww-V0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 20:06:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C49DE0545; Wed, 13 May 2009 20:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from swip.net (mailfe10.tele2.it [212.247.155.45]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46F6E0545 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 20:06:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Df-CyhU-2qcA:10 a=ndLHH9FKWgMA:10 a=44BDUlaFJiQkRjciIe5NBw==:17 a=MPV3kj4hns_JIDRoy20A:9 a=76WCeQ3UUo8EqByqNbqg86p0bSMA:4 Received: from [131.111.115.220] (account cxu-7bj-8gb@tele2.it [131.111.115.220] verified) by mailfe10.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTPA id 1071442080 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 22:06:52 +0200 Message-ID: <4A0B2A21.8040408@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 21:14:25 +0100 From: bn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090429) 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] upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel References: <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC1904F3F@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> In-Reply-To: <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC1904F3F@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 04c3b500-ddbe-4169-b5cd-ebdb3b84f114 X-Archives-Hash: 0e6fc000caea34634ad107d96c4a46ea Adam Carter ha scritto: >> Now I want to ask the list: >> 1) Does anyone have a recent kernel config for this kind of machine? > > Just copy your .config file to the new kernel source directory and run "make oldconfig". This runs through the old config file and prompts you to select what you want for the new options. *slaps on head* yeah. >> 2) What are the caveats and pitfalls I should be aware of >> when upgrading to latest kernel? I confess that reading CHANGELOGs didn't help me too >> much, quite confusing. > > You can keep both kernels and just use the bootloader to select which one to boot into. So if your new kernel doesn't work just reboot and use your old kernel again until you can work out whats wrong with the new one. Yes, but this means recompiling all external modules (nvidia, madwifi) every time I boot in a new kernel if I want them to work, isn't it? >> Also, I wonder if portage's madwifi now supports the Macbook Pro >> chipset... I had to use SVN one at the time. > > The drivers might be in the kernel now. I was using madwifi-ng and changed to the ath5k driver at around 2.6.26 or 27. Uh, good to know. But anyway, no major pitfalls/bad experiences in the last year's kernel I should be aware of? m.