[ale] Kernel problem

[James CE Johnson]

> 
> On Saturday 20 April 2002 12:27 pm, David Corbin wrote:
> > >Once you do "make oldconfig", you _still_ need to do make [x|menu]config
> > >as sometimes things do change that need manual intervention.
> >
> > Since when?  Is that documented somewhere?  Can elaborate on this
> > comment about things needing "manual intervention"?
> 
> New config options get added to the kernel all the time. So, your saved config 
> options are very likely to be missing a few options in that shiny new kernel 
> you're installing. Thus, you need "manual intervention" to either install 
> support for those things or leave them out. 

I thought the point of 'make oldconfig' was to account for those
shiny new features. I haven't read it in a while but I'm pretty
sure the README says something to that effect.


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