On 5/29/07, Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I usually dread kernel updates because then I have to go through kernel menuconfig all over again, and for me, that takes some time. I guess one can reuse the old .config file, but I understand it's not always a safe thing to do. Is it reasonably ok to wait for every "major" 2.6.x release to update, or is it necessary to update on every minor 2.6.x.y release also?
You can use the old .config safely if you "make oldconfig" before anything else. It will prompt you for replies to any new things, and quietly ditch anything it doesn't recognize. I've been doing this for years. I mostly reply "no" to all the prompts, but sometimes the new stuff is interesting. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
