Re: 2.5 series kernel experiences

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>]

Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love-shack.net> writes:

> Anyone care to share any experiences with the 2.5 series kernels? I'm
> looking at moving my primary desktop and my laptop over to 2.5.75. Linus
> has said that 2.6 betas would be out this month, so I figure now's a
> good time to get a head start. Any particular things I should watch out
> for? I'm going to be using make-kpkg and friends to do all the work. Any
> issues with that? Also, how about .config? Can I just copy over my
> 2.4.21 .config and add new selections as necessary?

     Check out "make oldconfig" in the README in the top level of the
kernel source, under "CONFIGURING the kernel". It's a great time
saver. 

     I can't offer any words of wisdom regarding 2.5.

HTH,

Bob
-- 
   _
  |_)  _  |_    Robert D. Hilliard        <hilliard@debian.org>
  |_) (_) |_)   1294 S.W. Seagull Way     <bob@bobhilliard.net>
                Palm City, FL 34990 USA   GPG Key ID: 390D6559