Paul on Sun, 2 Mar 2003 00:36:05 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] how kernel compiling works


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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