* Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion
@ 2017-12-30 21:57 99% ` Alan McKinnon
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From: Alan McKinnon @ 2017-12-30 21:57 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 30/12/2017 20:43, Jalus Bilieyich wrote:
> Recently there was a kernel update and I don't want to reconfigure it
> from scratch. In the official documentation, it told me to move the old
> .config into the new kernel source tree and type
> make oldconfig
>
> This is where I'm confused; which .config file (/proc/config.gz or
> /boot/config) and where in the kernel source tree do I put this file in.
>
Either. As long as the *running* kernel is the one you want to copy
from, the contents are identical. You als very likely have a third copy
is /usr/src/<whatever>, assuming you left the sources intact after
kernel installation (the usual case)
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
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