Re: Problem Setting DMA
On Saturday 30 April 2005 18:38, s. keeling wrote:
> Incoming from Tim Jackson:
> > >Normally I keep a copy of .config in the file /usr/src/konfig-2.6.8 and
> >
> > Being a total newbie to Linux I may be talking complete *!^% but here
> > goes anyway. Having just compiled a kernel myself I was wondering if
> > this would work, copy the original .config file from the /boot directory
> > into the kernel source directory and uncomment the relevent line in this
> > file manually setting the value to "=y" or "=m" as appropriate. Re
> > compile with the new (old) config file and keep everything crossed.
>
> It does work, for a limited value of "It". As Josh mentions, copy the
> .config from the old kernel and makeoldconfig.
>
> However, hand editing the .config yourself could easily produce
> garbage. Saying Y|M to any single prompt has a cascade effect that
> affects other things. The machinery involved knows what to do, but
> likely you don't.
>
> Experiment and see what happens, as long as you've a backout plan.
>
>
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Welcome back S!
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