[ILUG] Kernel Question

[Stephen Brooks]

On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 11:36, scytale wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 03:47, Stephen Brooks wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 11:39, Dermot Daly wrote:
> > > Isn't there a "make oldconfig" option?  I thought there was.  This
> > > builds a .config file from your current kernel
> > 
> > 	That relies on there being a .config or .config.old present from the
> > previous kernel build and then attempts to merge in the old settings
> > where applicable to make a new .config file.
> 
> does this work ok, say, when the config file is from a 2.4 kernel and
> you are about to compile a 2.6?
> 
	In theory yes, but we all know about the differences between theory and
practice :)  Personally I think you'd be quicker customising the stock
2.6.* config to your needs then attempting to use 'make oldconfig' from
2.4.* to 2.6.*, lots of changes.

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