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 1S0ZJQ-0003T0-K5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:06:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B043CE0CD5; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64441E0864 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werp13 with SMTP id p13so912371wer.40 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:35 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.216.132.94 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.216.132.94; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.216.132.94 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=markknecht@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=markknecht@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.216.132.94]) by 10.216.132.94 with SMTP id n72mr973335wei.4.1330005875732 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:35 -0800 (PST) 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=msnPthR9GF3LwB70EYCXb1R+716RDjGnwccK2LqBUoA=; b=OO08DEr4ZbRYyLu2O1pB/LJ2fAf93KPlk4ubFDJxsQVek0ve5RbuFE8jPaEQqTOuhE HszQVCxBwtwxqV5J8rhAxJ/mCF56XH6jemCpBBdzedNMK9T6ckxOeMgqMb3I3WHcVMYy kCRV/3BRqmytZfxdDXy6Uf483BX52Bb4oFD/M= 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 10.216.132.94 with SMTP id n72mr796033wei.4.1330005875538; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.4.154 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F462019.4020703@waagmeester.co.za> References: <4F45F490.2020504@waagmeester.co.za> <201202230826.00642.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4F45FE1F.9070006@waagmeester.co.za> <20120223091734.2aa3d6d0@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <4F461983.8080100@waagmeester.co.za> <20120223130822.1a260044@khamul.example.com> <4F462019.4020703@waagmeester.co.za> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:35 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 826e255e-af3a-4d04-8d34-ffecfca12a8a X-Archives-Hash: aaa831aae75e7bcc5d5c66a5ebc96ecc On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > On 02/23/2012 01:08 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to import old config files with newer kernel sources? >>> I tried it once by simply copying .config into the newer src dir, but >>> I read somewhere that there could be incompatibilities. >>> >> >> That is exactly how you do it. Copy a .config over and run make >> oldconfig > > > I am definitely going to try this. >> If I can offer one additional step then at the end also do a make menuconfig even if you don't intend to change anything. The additional menuconfig runs checks on the combination of options selected and not selected and in some cases will pop up some messages about incorrect/inconsistent settings. No messages means it's OK to do the build, but if you get messages then it's best to take care of them before building. HTH, Mark