Michael Jones wrote: > > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 2:46 PM <n952...@web.de > <mailto:n952...@web.de>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm currently at 4.14.65-gentoo and I understand my cheap hp > laptop's amdgpu could finally get better support if I upgrade to > 4.16 or 4.17.1. > Can I just do that, or would it be better (or even possible) to go > in smaller increments? > > Also, something's always complaining to me about my profile, > default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, being out-of-date. Should I > upgrade to 17 at the same time? I've seen lots about the > differences between different types of profiles but not about the > differences between different versions of a profile type. What's > different? > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > > You can change kernel versions in any way you see fit. You're unlikely > to run into any significant issues from upgrading by 2 or 3 releases > at once.
I've done upgrades that skip quite a ways using make oldconfig. I've never had any issues. If it were me, I'd just make the jump but make sure to keep the old kernel around just in case something doesn't work. At least that way one can boot it and fix it. > > My personal recommendation is to conduct the profile update as a > separate task from the kernel update, simply because they are not > really related to each other. > I would do them separately as well. I'm not sure if it matters but I might would do the profile upgrade first. I'm not sure why but my brain is making me think that may be a better way. Generally, profile changes don't change a whole lot. Also, I think 17.1 is coming soon and 17.0 will be leaving. If one feels safe doing it, it may be worth going straight to 17.1. That way one wouldn't have to do the same thing again soon-ish. It's marked as dev but this is what I'd do. Switch to the new17.1 profile, run emerge -puDN world and see if the changes look OK. If you don't like or it breaks something, switch to 17.0 and run emerge -puDN world and see what it looks like. Pick the one that you feel safest with. Just keep in mind, 17.1 is coming at some point. Just my thoughts. Dale :-) :-)
