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On 7/31/2011 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example,
> 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0).
>
> Is it necessary to first do `make oldconfig`, or is it safe to go
> directly to `make menuconfig`?

Necessary to run make old config? No.

Easier and simpler most of the time? Yes.

I like to make a fresh kernel from scratch every year or so without any 
previous settings to keep the cruft out. I last did it for my vbox image 
figuring I was going to need to very little hardware support so starting 
fresh made sense.

kashani