2.4.13 Kernel Woes

Shaun Oliver shauno at goanna.net.au
Mon Nov 5 07:41:33 EST 2001


more than likely Steve from what I've seen on the list here.
On Mon, 5 Nov
2001, Steve Holmes wrote:

> But apparently make oldconfig is not yielding the desired results with
> 2.4.13. On two different machines now, the .config used for previous
> compiles of 2.4.12 were passed into 13 with oldconfig and came up with
> dead kernels on both machines here. When I heard other comments about
> configs being reset or something, makes me wonder if I need to do the
> whole bloody make config from scratch to get better results.
> 
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Georgina wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > Surely there's nothing stopping you copying your config file into the linux
> > directory after the mrproper and running your old config.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Steve Holmes
> > Sent: 04 November 2001 15:34
> > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: RE: 2.4.13 Kernel Woes
> >
> >
> > make mrproper cleans things up really well but with a freshly patched
> > kernel source tree that shouldn't be necessary unless you have some bad
> > patches or something.  But the thought of running through make config all
> > over again <yuck>! That is my least favorite part of kernel compiles. I
> > was really getting to love "make oldconfig":).
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Georgina wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I'm no expert but I thought that you also needed to do a make mrproper
> > after
> > > applying those patches.
> > >
> > > Gena
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Wood
> > > Sent: 04 November 2001 12:52
> > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > Subject: Re: 2.4.13 Kernel Woes
> > >
> > >
> > > I would suggest that you make sure you have the speakup for the latest
> > > kernel series first. As for the configuration people mention, it could be
> > > a result of the kernel changes that have mandated Kirk R make small
> > > changes in Speakup.
> > >
> > > I would also consider running a whole new config if the makeold config
> > > seemed to give unpredictable results and then had some failure.
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Kirk Wood
> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > >
> > > "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
> > > a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
> > > 	- President George Bush
> > >
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