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 1QniWq-0006QN-Gh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:46:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8DE1821C375; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 02:46:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2198F21C1EE for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 02:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk9 with SMTP id 9so3051545qyk.19 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:44:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=0hI6hpQqoyQyoHjDQx/nfnqnKk13vSuKNISAElcp2HI=; b=bct/H1/3QMjZgOxVP4sFlG+4xjlFEBMdJbjxtttd85Mz/HMSAYM3PDC5Y9b8/ztbBs 2J8RUy/fQ6IdSjuU8spQ78kX6E6KtDKwJYiJwReLFxSla8mFijLPwkLOyLWXgiLZwC4g 70idNJ9XdAButlVwwa7vn+W3cYZJcQWS59rgs= 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 10.224.18.212 with SMTP id x20mr2751534qaa.165.1312166699579; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:44:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.2.77 with HTTP; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:44:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:44:59 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 99d9f1299fd87f233d269cb0f83ef4c9 On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 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`? > > Rgds, It is not necessary but you'll be starting from scratch. Linux often suggests that's the best thing to do but I've done make oldconfig for 12 years now and never had a problem that I could trace back to using it. It certainly saves time. I also ALWAYS run make menuconfig following make oldconfig mainly so I can exit from menuconfig and get messages (if any) about config problems. Hope this helps, Mark