From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:17191 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758713Ab0JVSlg (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:41:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:40:19 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: 2.6.36, make oldconfig broken Message-Id: <20101022114019.60839ff2.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <201010221229.36996.gene.heskett@gmail.com> References: <201010221229.36996.gene.heskett@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Gene Heskett Cc: LKML , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:29:36 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: [adding linux-kbuild] > Greets all; > > I have managed to get 2.6.36 to a semi-usable state, but I have major > breakage yet. > > Question: what happens if I simply move my working 2.6.35.7 .config into the > 2.6.36 tree and build it from that? I think that it runs 'make oldconfig' automatically for you. > It can't be any worse than what the broken 'make oldconfig' did to it. What > it output changed the disk drivers, graphic card drivers and just plain > threw away at least a hundred lines in the multimedia drivers section. > > How do you suggest I recover from this if just building from the 2.6.35.7 > .conf doesn't work? Please send your 2.6.35.7 .config file so that we can generate & see the changes. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***