Re: [PLUG] how kernel compiling works

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Kevin Brosius wrote:

> 'make oldconfig' will import an '.config' file from a different kernel
> source version to the present one.  Use it when the .config is from a
> different version, or when you are unsure.
>  
Does that mean that I could copy my 2.4.18 ".config" file to my 2.4.20 
directory and run "make oldconfig" to bring the settings over to the new 
kernel?

Would that work when moving from a RedHat kernel to a generic kernel?

I just had a kernel adventure.  I'm now running 2.4.18 (I was heading 
for .20.) with the preemt patch and two Win4Lin patches.  I had to 
compile many times to get everything running.  It would have been nice 
to pull a working configuration into the new kernel as a starting point.

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