Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:31:00 +0100 | Subject | Re: apparent loss of continuity in kernel .config? | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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Hi Gene,
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote: > Attempting to go from 3.16.0 to 3.16.7 last night, a make oldconfig > started from scratch as if there were no .config's in the directory. I > stood on the enter key to take the defaults, then ran a make xconfig to > discover it was totally wrong for an AMD phenom, no networking, no disc > drivers, video was an old ATI, when there is an nvidia card in it, yadda, > yadda.
Being someone who runs "make oldconfig" and compares .config.old and .config all the time, I never saw this. However, those are almost never x86 oldconfigs.
Did it change from 64BIT=y to no or vice versa?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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