daid kahl wrote: >>>> I tried closely comparing the current working kernel with newly built >>>> one. I mean side by side with `make menuconfig' running in both sources. >>>> I cannot tell what it is I'm overlooking. >>>> >>> Please do not do this. Instead emerge kccmp to compare kernel >>> configurations! It is much easier...trust me, I tried brute-force as >>> well! >>> >> Thanks for the tip... that tool does look useful. At least for >> kernel comparison I think it might beat the poop out of the ediff mode >> in emacs. Although the emacs tools are better in general. >> >> I managed to get the kernel figured out... (with plenty of help here) >> but I think I'll tinker with kccmp, see how it works, and be ready for >> next time. >> > > It's really easy. You just run it with two configuration files as > inputs, and it gives a nice X display with different settings, and > then settings that are only in one config or the other (resulting from > different kernel versions or sub-config options). > > >> Answering a dozen or so questions on the cmdline beats the poop out of >> flopping around in menuconfig, or even worse, 2 instances of >> menuconfig. >> >> What is really maddening is that I once knew how to do the stuff with >> .config and `make oldconfig'. Here lately I seem to forget things I >> once knew if I don't use the knowledge for a mnth or two. >> >> > I always do it from the command line with a web-browser searching > http://cateee.net/ for any config I don't know what it is. > > ~daid > > >
Sounds like he may as well use that genkernel thingy that Gentoo has. It never has worked for me but he may have better luck. It may even work on the first try. LOL Dale :-) :-)
