2.4.13 Kernel Woes

[Gregory Nowak]

I would recommend getting a tar.bz2 file instead since it's smaller.
Greg


On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 02:49:20PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> Not so far, I found 4 patch files to be much smaller than a brand new
> kernel tar ball for 2.4.13. That is a possible alternative. Yes, I do have
> the config file I used 2.4.12 available; that's the whole point here, to
> avoid redoing the whole config thing manually again. Wonder if one of them
> patches is bad or something. Fortunately, download speeds have been good
> lately so maybe I'll try downloading a 2.4.13 tar.gz and use that rather
> than the consecutive patches from 2.4.9 thru 2.4.13.
> 
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> 
> > Just to add my comments here, I backuped my /usr/src/linux/.config for 2.4.12.
> > I then blew that tree away, and unpacked a fresh 2.4.13 tree. I patched this with peakup 1.00.
> > I ran make mrproper, make clean, and moved .config to /usr/src/linux/.config.
> > Then I went through all the usual compiling steps including make oldconfig with no problems, and
> > got a perfectly running kernel. Have you tried using a fresh
> > 2.4.13 tree as opposed to a patched one Steve?
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 11:41:33PM +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> > > 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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