[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading old kernel

2020-04-30 Thread Jonathan Callen
On 4/16/20 3:43 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 16/04/2020 10:21, Ashley Dixon wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:08:45AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> There's also sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel but it's description is >>> confusing as >>> hell: "Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches". Which

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading old kernel

2020-04-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 16/04/2020 10:21, Ashley Dixon wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:08:45AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: There's also sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel but it's description is confusing as hell: "Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches". Which to me sounds exactly like gentoo-kernel-bin just with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading old kernel

2020-04-16 Thread Ashley Dixon
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:08:45AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > There's also sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel but it's description is confusing as > hell: "Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches". Which to me sounds exactly > like gentoo-kernel-bin just with slightly different wording... :-/ The

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading old kernel

2020-04-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 15/04/2020 21:09, james wrote: On 4/15/20 1:40 PM, Andreas Stiasny wrote: That's why I use make olddefconfig in such a case. This takes all the old config values and uses the default for the new ones. If you know that you need one or more of the new config options you can fine tune them

[gentoo-user] Re: upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel

2009-05-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
bn wrote: You can keep both kernels and just use the bootloader to select which one to boot into. So if your new kernel doesn't work just reboot and use your old kernel again until you can work out whats wrong with the new one. Yes, but this means recompiling all external modules (nvidia,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel

2009-05-13 Thread bn
Nikos Chantziaras ha scritto: bn wrote: You can keep both kernels and just use the bootloader to select which one to boot into. So if your new kernel doesn't work just reboot and use your old kernel again until you can work out whats wrong with the new one. Yes, but this means recompiling

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-03 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-03, Jed R. Mallen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you to all who responded. `make oldconfig` works as usual without the worries. I was a bit apprehensive because of the gentoo kernel upgrade guide warning about using oldconfigs but turns out it's safe afterall. That's why you don't

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-02, Jed R. Mallen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly? I'm using 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 right now, and have foregone upgrading to 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and -r8 because I read somewhere that I can't just use my old .config file for a new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-02 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00:49PM +, Penguin Lover Grant Edwards squawked: You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has been completely redone between 2.6.21 and 2.6.22. I just installed 2.6.23-rc[some number

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-02, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00:49PM +, Penguin Lover Grant Edwards squawked: You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has been completely redone between