[ale] Kernel problem

[Jim Philips]

On Saturday 20 April 2002 03:34 pm, James CE Johnson wrote:
> > 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.

Here is what the README says:

 "make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
                           your existing ./.config file.

But nobody (except maybe Alan Cox) knows what features will be in the new 
kernel until it comes out. And only you know if you want them supported in 
your kernel or not. So, it's just a good practice to take a look.


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