Dale wrote: > Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >> 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. >> >> >> > Having a config in /proc is a option in the kernel. You just have to > turn it on. It is under the General setup as "Enable access to .config > through /proc/config.gz". I have mine here: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # ls -al /proc/config* > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10060 2008-08-05 14:19 /proc/config.gz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # > > > It can prove helpful at times. > > Dale > > :-) :-) yeah, but it doesn't change that you still have to run make oldconfig. I love /proc/config.gz, especially because of zless and zgrep
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