On February 11, 2021 7:22:53 AM PST, "Matt Connell (Gmail)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 11:17 +0000, Wols Lists wrote:
>> When you do a sync, it pulls down the latest version of kernel
>source. I
>> don't do it all the time, but you really ought to upgrade to 5.4.92.
>
>To expound on this, the 4.19 kernel IS still supported, both by
>upstream and gentoo sources. If n952162 (OP) desires, they can stick
>with this major version and use 4.19.175, which is the latest release
>of that version. You are correct though; an upgrade is recommended,
>since there are always security patches going into the trunk.
>
>> What I do (can't remember exactly because my live system hasn't been
>> upgraded since forever :-) is copy .config from the old kernel to the
>> new, and then is it "make oldconfig"? Either way, it configures the
>new
>> kernel using the old config file so all my local-specific stuff is
>kept.
>
>This is what I do as well. If you don't want to be prompted for new
>symbols, instead accepting the defaults, you can use "make
>olddefconfig" instead.
>
>> (I *THINK* your old config will still be left lying around - as a
>> locally modified file it shouldn't be cleaned up ...)
>
There is also an option to embed the config in the kernel and export it as
/proc/config.gz
This keeps one from losing it or getting mixed up about what is actually
running.
LMP
