2008/8/4, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > It seems like I remember that 'make oldconfig' is not > needed any more, to pass the current (booted) kernel > option to the .config for building a new kernel. > > Of is 'make oldconfig' still a good idea? > > > James
At least in the kernel Makefile there is no hint about /proc/config.gz which contains the running kernel configuration, so I think make oldconfig or your favourite kernel configuration tool is still needed. If there is no .config or .config.old it will load a default configuration which is probably not what you want.
