On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mick wrote: >> On Monday 06 Feb 2012 05:47:53 Walter Dnes wrote: >>> Heads up... the network ethernet device drivers aettings are laid out >>> differently in 3.2.1, and "make oldconfig" misses a few items. The new >>> layout route goes like so... >>> >>> Device Drivers ---> >>> [*] Network device support ---> >>> [*] Ethernet driver support ---> >>> >>> This brings you to a menu by manufacturer. The drivers are no longer >>> divided by speed. "make oldconfig" misses a few items. I ended up >>> writing down my settings in 3.0.6 and manually adding them to 3.2.1 when >>> running "make oldconfig". >> >> Hmm ... I'm almost sure I *only* used oldconfig from 3.0.6 to 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 >> and didn't have such a problem. I remember noticing that the tree of options >> changed and afterwards went into make menuconfig to see if anything was >> missed >> out, but I did not make any changes there (AFAIR). > > > I just went from 3.1.5 to 3.2.2 and it worked fine here. I know, > different versions but it may help narrow down when things break. If it > is broke. ;-) > > Dale
No problems here, but... 1) Yes, all my old network adapters were chosen correctly 2) ALL manufacturers were enabled unnecessarily 3) Interestingly, it seems that nearly every NIC coming after the last one of mine was also selected even though they hadn't been previously. So, while _I_ wouldn't say make oldconfig is broken, I _would_ say make oldconfig is broken. ;-) - Mark
