On Friday, 11 November 2022 06:25:27 GMT Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > 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. > > I'm about to try to jump to version 6.0.5 which is latest in the tree. > Is there some major change that causes copying .config file from 5.14 to > 5.18 or higher to break? Do I need to configure a new kernel from > scratch in other words? While I try to answer each question the best I > can, either I'm breaking something or something else breaks preventing > updating from older versions. I just don't know which it is. Me or it.
The evidence seems to point in one direction. :) One box here runs ~amd64, whose kernel has just now been upgraded to 6.0.8. I'll boot it in a few minutes, but I'm not expecting problems: it's been through the whole 6 series so far with no difficulty - even for me! I can't remember any difficulty going from the 5 series to 6.0.0 either, even though it was a .0 version, which we all know is generally to be suspected. -- Regards, Peter.
