[ale] Kernel problem

[dcorbin at imperitek.com (David Corbin)]

Jim Philips wrote:

>On Saturday 20 April 2002 12:27 pm, David Corbin wrote:
>
>>>Once you do "make oldconfig", you _still_ need to do make [x|menu]config
>>>as sometimes things do change that need manual intervention.
>>>
>>Since when?  Is that documented somewhere?  Can elaborate on this
>>comment about things needing "manual intervention"?
>>
>
>New config options get added to the kernel all the time. So, your saved config 
>options are very likely to be missing a few options in that shiny new kernel 
>you're installing. Thus, you need "manual intervention" to either install 
>support for those things or leave them out. 
>
make oldconfig does pause to ask you for answer to options that are not 
know to the currenct config.  I use it all the time when I do kernel 
upgrades.



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