On 7/31/2011 7:06 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example,
2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0).
Is it necessary to first do `make oldconfig`, or is it safe to go
directly to `make menuconfig`?
Necessary to run make old config? No.
Easier and simpler most of the time? Yes.
I like to make a fresh kernel from scratch every year or so without any
previous settings to keep the cruft out. I last did it for my vbox image
figuring I was going to need to very little hardware support so starting
fresh made sense.
kashani
