hitachi303 wrote: > Am 11.11.22 um 07:25 schrieb Dale: >> I been stuck on gentoo-sources 5.14.15 for a while. I tried upgrading >> to I think 5.16 and then more recently 5.18. I upgraded like I always >> do, copy .config over and run make oldconfig. Once I get everything in >> /boot, init thingy and all, I update grub. When I get around to >> rebooting, the new kernels always fail part way through booting. I >> can't recall the error since I last tried a newer kernel several months >> ago. > > Do you follow the guide on gentoo wiki? > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade > > I don't know why but building and installing is not in this article. > For that I do follow this one (there is a link from kernel upgrade to > this on, but it is kind of hidden) > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Configuration#Build > > . >
I haven't had to follow a guide in ages. I been building my own kernels for almost 20 years now. My problem is that the two updated kernels doesn't work. If it was just one version, it could just be a bad build or something. Thing is, I tried updating from a working config to two different versions and both failed. I suspect that something major changed and going from a old config file may not work. Thing is, I don't know if that is the case or not. It could be, hence the question, but it could be something else or just that I missed something and someone else knows what that something is because they ran into it earlier. I wish when they did major changes, they would also change the number scheme to reflect that. As I read in another post, sometimes even a number change in the third place can give a very different kernel, something major removed or added. Unless one reads all the posts on the kernel mailing list, one wouldn't know that change happened. I did build a new kernel from the old config and running make oldconfig. When I get around to rebooting, I'll see if it works or not. If not, I'll note the error and see if that gives any clues. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
