Re: Differences between binary images and compiled kernels - 5 min
--- Eric Dickner <ejdickner@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:20:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eric Dickner <ejdickner@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Differences between binary images and
> compiled kernels - 5 min
> To: Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>
>
>
> --- Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com> wrote:
>
> > > > make oldconfig
> >
> > that option usually does not work "right" and
> > creates more headaches
> > than its worth
> >
>
> This was the the problem, it did not work AT ALL but
> I
> stubbornly refused to accept that since I hadn't
> heard
> that could be the case. I kept thinking I must have
> been doing something wrong.
>
> > > > make dep
> >
> > make clean ( before or after make dep ) -- or
> > you will be pulling
> > your hair for days ...
> >
>
> I didn't see this in the README and after I gave up
> on
> the "make oldconfig" the proceedure went OK.
>
> I used "make xconfig" to add the things that I
> wanted
> from the old configuration ("by hand" so to speak).
>
> There isn't much added for this particular machine.
> In the future I guess I'd try to add modules to this
> release and then avoid the "make mrproper". I
> skipped
> that a few times in my many trial and error compiles
> (I was hand editing the "make oldconfig" file trying
> to track down the particuclar issue. hehehe..) and
> it
> didn't seem to make a difference.
>
PS Sorry about the direct reply; I keep thinking that
the list address is the return address for this thing.
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