-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:51:43 -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig". That will load all of your old > > configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use. > > Forgive me for not yet being a kernel expert. Before I do this what > exactly does "make oldconfig" do? It configures the kernel source tree with the kernel configuration settings from file ".config" in kernel root directory. The interactive alternative is to run "make menuconfig" (or "make xconfig"). > Where does it get the config file from? File ".config", e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config > Does it grab the config file that matches the running kernel? No. That is a manual step. cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kBOk0iMVcrivHFQRAhSIAKCAf4Y+aEI46xICgnh4Z0dHTkOuZACeJwyE UAsVyiIbndnAsvSy3KhTmx4= =PB0F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
