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On Saturday 13 September 2003 19:48, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:

> When I install the vanilla-sources I have to set the /usr/src/linux
> symlink to the other directory.  But when I do a make menuconfig, I can
> see, that all my configuration gets lost.
>
> The configuration is stored in the .config file at the top of the
> sources.
>
> Does it work just to copy the .config from the gentoo sources to the
> vanilla sources?  Or doesn't it work?
>
> What do you do with the configuration on a kernel upgrade?  Do you copy
> the .config then?
>
> How does that work on gentoo?

Exactly the same as any other distro when installing a kernel from source.
Just copy the .config over and either run 'make oldconfig' or menuconfig. It 
will read the configuration, ignore what it doesn't understand and build a 
fresh, corrected, config for you.

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Mike Williams
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