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From: Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen@fu-berlin.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Change in ethernet .config layout kernel 3.2.1, affects oldconfig
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F2FACB5.7000305@fu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202060946.28895.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>

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On 06.02.2012 10:46, Mick wrote:
> On Monday 06 Feb 2012 05:47:53 Walter Dnes wrote:
>> Heads up... the network ethernet device drivers aettings are laid
>> out differently in 3.2.1, and "make oldconfig" misses a few
>> items.  The new layout route goes like so...
>> 
>> Device Drivers  ---> [*] Network device support  ---> [*]
>> Ethernet driver support  --->
>> 
>> This brings you to a menu by manufacturer.  The drivers are no
>> longer divided by speed.  "make oldconfig" misses a few items.  I
>> ended up writing down my settings in 3.0.6 and manually adding
>> them to 3.2.1 when running "make oldconfig".
> 
> Hmm ... I'm almost sure I *only* used oldconfig from 3.0.6 to
> 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 and didn't have such a problem.  I remember
> noticing that the tree of options changed and afterwards went into
> make menuconfig to see if anything was missed out, but I did not
> make any changes there (AFAIR).

If I recall it correctly, for me most drivers were enabled by default
after making oldconfig. I later changed it back to "just what I need(TM)"


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  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-06 10:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-06  5:47 [gentoo-user] Change in ethernet .config layout kernel 3.2.1, affects oldconfig Walter Dnes
2012-02-06  9:46 ` Mick
2012-02-06 10:34   ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen [this message]
2012-02-06 16:11   ` Dale
2012-02-06 17:26     ` Mark Knecht

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