Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2010-03-09 8:36 PM, Walter Dnes 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...
>
> I do as the kernel upgrade guide says - when going between major
> versions (yes, even one), copy the old .config to the new kernel dir,
> then run make menuconfig, and make sure all of your critical options are
> set. This is much safer, though it does take more time.
>
> I've been wondering though - how well does genkernel work now? I've
> never used it...
>
>    

I use make oldconfig all the time and have only had problems with it 
once.  I would trust make oldconfig looong before I would even think to 
trust genkernel.  I have never got it to work for me.

Using make oldconfig should be fine for the OP.  I wouldn't use it if I 
were going from 2.6.1* to a current version tho.  It would be faster to 
start from scratch.  That would be a lot of questions to answer.

Dale

:-)  :-)