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 1Qnhuq-0004zs-1i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:07:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D25421C15C; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 02:07:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2024CE05F1 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 02:06:22 +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 1Qnhtd-002091-MP for Gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:06:21 +0700 Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so5885138fxd.40 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:06:17 -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 10.223.58.148 with SMTP id g20mr2505807fah.125.1312164377280; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:06:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.87.5 with HTTP; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:06:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 09:06:17 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: bee689156c644baa3c87a0b3df4acc04 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`? Rgds, -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/