On 2010-03-10 8:38 AM, Dale wrote: > I use make oldconfig all the time and have only had problems with it > once. I would trust make oldconfig looong before I would even think to > trust genkernel. I have never got it to work for me. > > Using make oldconfig should be fine for the OP.
My point is, the recommended method per the official gentoo docs/kernel upgrade guide is, using make oldconfig is only recommended for minor bumps of the same kernel version, and for major updates - and again, yes, even going from 2.6.30 to 2.6.31 is a 'major' update, copying the old .config then doing make menuconfig is the preferred/recommended way. If you want to live dangerously, that is fine, but please do not ignore the fact that it is *not* the *recommended/preferred* - ie *safest* - way. -- Charles
