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 1Qntfh-0003PI-JV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:40:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4582621C251; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82C0621C22F for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com ([209.85.161.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QnteZ-002z1z-8n for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:39:35 +0700 Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so6656847fxd.40 for ; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:39:29 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.223.20.143 with SMTP id f15mr6565180fab.49.1312209569612; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.87.5 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 07:39:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:39:29 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 65b6496605e82c243c587b96a943d7c3 On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 21:09, Grant Edwards wro= te: > On 2011-08-01, 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`? > > It's always safe to do 'make menuconfig', and always has been (at > least since the 0.97 days when I started running Linux). =C2=A0You just > have to select all the options correctly. > > All that 'make oldconfig' does is start you out with something as > close to your old kernel configuration as possible. > Sorry for the misunderstanding, my bad. What I meant was: If I want a kernel config as close as possible to the older kernel, can I just use `make menuconfig`, or do I have to first run `make oldconfig`. Again, sorry for the confusion. Rgds, --=20 Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan