On 6 December 2011 19:33, Arno Schuring <aelschur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Jim Green (student.northwest...@gmail.com on 2011-12-06 05:17 +0000): >> On 6 December 2011 05:07, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: >> > Do you have any examples of something in the Linux 3.x kernel that >> > isn't in the 2.6.38 kernel that is likely to cause trouble? >> >> Actually I don't :) I haven't got the chance to look through the long >> changelogs.. >> >> my other concern using the 3.** kernel is my .config for the kernel, >> probbaly it doesn't work for 3.** kernel because of new kernel >> parameters or parameter changes.. > I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I'm sure there are some changes > (I can recall a submenu being moved around sometime in recent history, > which made all parameters appear as NEW), but most of them will be > additional drivers which you can safely ignore. > > Just to be sure: you do know about make oldconfig, right?
I heard about it but never used before, I only used menuconfig. does that mean my .config would always work for newer kernels? I think I'll dig on make oldconfig. Thanks! Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cacae89yeprddbfaiykgftyhrre88xgvib3t9upubyczutfr...@mail.gmail.com
