Re: make oldfonfig broken.

Gene Heskett
2014-02-10T09:52:48Z

On Monday 10 February 2014, Randy Dunlap wrote:
[...]
>>>>> Gene, I want to make sure where you are saying the problem is.
>>>>> Is it going directly from 3.019 to 3.8.2, with no intervening kernel
>>>>> versions?
>>>>
>>>> No, one intermediate step in this case.
>>>>
>>>> I started with 3.0.19, which was fine, took that one to 3.2.40, and
>>>> that one to 3.8.2 because I don't have anything between those here.
>>>> Not exactly a step by step.
>>>
>>> and when you go from one kernel version to the next, do you use
>>>
>>> $ make oldconfig
>>> and answer all of its questions, or do you use
>>
>> I generally answer all its questions, or take the default by hitting
>> enter, but I do read all its questions.
>>
>>> $ yes '' | make oldconfig
>>
>> Never done that in all these years.
>>
>>> or some other variant? (I guess in your super build script.)
>>
>> This is long before my "super script" gets fired off.
>>
>> And that part is actually working well, run it as root, do a
>> grub-update and reboot.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene
>
>You need to have a Kconfig symbol named DVB_CORE enabled.
>
>In 3.8.2 (and likely previously, but not in 3.2.40),
>DVB_CORE depends on having both MEDIA_SUPPORT and
>MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT enabled. Your .confile file has MEDIA_SUPPORT
>enabled but not
>MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT.
>
>In your 3.2.40 kernel source tree, just edit your .config file and delete
>the line that says:
># CONFIG_MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT is not set
>
>then run [1]
>$ make oldconfig
>and it will ask you how to set the Kconfig symbol. Tell it 'y'.
>
>and if you can find this line in your .config file:
>CONFIG_MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT=y
>
>delete it. Run 'make oldconfig' again if you did so at [1] above.
>For this Kconfig question:
> Autoselect tuners and i2c modules to build (MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT),
>answer N.
>Then you can select all of the tuners and frontends that you want.
>There are LOTS of them to choose from.
>
>IIRC, this all happened because someone decided that they could make the
>AUTOSELECT driver feature Better! ugh.
>
>Good luck. Let me know if you need more guidance.

Printed. That sounds as if I ought to be able to do it, which I will take a
shot at tomorrow.

Cheers, Gene
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