Re: Can I use the .config from 2.4.22 in 2.6.0-Test9 ???

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/21/03 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:51:21 -0500

"alex49201" <alex@ae.homelinux.com> wrote in message
news:KJEub.555$aw2.491462@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com...
> > Yes you can, the only thing is that the new options in the kernel wont
> > be selected.
> > copy .config file as you suggest and run 'menu config' or whatever
> > and go through the new options.
> > It's alot easier than starting from scratch.
> >
> > vince
>
> or copy the old .config into the /usr/src/linux.. dir, then "make
> oldconfig", which will create a new config based on the defaults of the
> old one, prompting you for changes and additions where needed.

This is more easily achieved without having to answer lots of questions by
doing
"make menuconfig; make oldconfig" to get a stripped down, more easily parsed
and compared .config. Unfortunately, there are *LOTS* of changes between 2.4
and 2.6, including the integration of many ACPI features, an entirely new
module handling tool called module-init-tools, the need for a new mkinitrd,
new names for modules, etc., etc. It's really worth going through all your
stuff by hand.

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