On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 21:01, Mike Williams wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > > - -- > Mike Williams > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/Y2luInuLMrk7bIwRAmloAJ9LsJtPwfWtup6pB6oG7Sp6MRNqewCfRR9/ > HbfwKY60Fe1npF5t9PpxkuA= > =43nU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Just for compatibility... if you are installing a vanilla source that is higher than the previous source, could be a good idea to run make oldconfig after copying the .config file. Oscar. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
