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From: "M. Sitorus" <gkjdsh@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig
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cd /usr/src
rm linux
ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux
cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8/.config /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7
make oldconfig
make menuconfig
On 8/6/08, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Dale <dalek1967 <at> bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>
>
> Well, the reason I asked is for clarity.
> I found this gentoo doc, which seems a little dated:
>
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/
> HOWTO_Detailed_Kernel_Configuration
>
>
> So what I gleen is that you run on
> a kernel, say version linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r8
>
> You down load newer sources, say version
> linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7
>
> cd /usr/src
>
> rm linux
>
> ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 linux
>
> make oldconfig <???>
> make menuconfig
>
> cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.25-gentoo-r7
> cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.25-gentoo-r7
> cp .config /boot/config-2.6.25-gentoo-r7
>
>
> edit grub apppropriately
> and reboot to the new kernel?
>
>
> This is what I do, but I do not use the oldconfig command.
>
> A friend asked me how I build new kernel on gentoo and
> I was hoping to find a current howto, that does not
> use genkernel and such. I did not have any luck finding one
> (although I did not look very hard).
>
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated. The aforementioned howto
> suggest that make oldconfig, xconfig and menuconfig are
> alternate ways? Maybe your not suppose to mix oldconfig
> with menuconfig?
>
> The reason I ask is some 2.6.23 to 2.6.24. to 2.6.25
> kernel have lost setting (selected options) using
> menuconfig alone. However, for a while the selected
> options were always correctly included using the above
> steps (without using oldconfig command syntax).
>
>
> This is the source of my need for some clarity.
> Maybe an updated howto is what is really needed?
> One that skips genkernel and such?
>
>
> James
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
--
Salam,
Marc