Re: 2.6.36, make oldconfig broken

From: Gene Heskett
Date: Mon Oct 25 2010 - 10:23:55 EST


On Sunday, October 24, 2010, Gene Heskett wrote:
>On Saturday, October 23, 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>On 10/22/10 17:54, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Friday, October 22, 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> On 10/22/10 13:08, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, October 22, 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:29:36 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote:

>>Hi Gene,
>>
>>I don't understand the last few lines of buildit26 script:
>>
>>make oldconfig
>>make mrproper
>>make xconfig
>>
>>
>>'make mrproper' is going to blow away the .config file that was just
>>generated by 'make oldconfig'. 'make help' in the kernel top-level
>>
>>directory says (for mrproper):
>> mrproper - Remove all generated files + config + various backup
>>
>>files
>>
>>then 'make xconfig' is basically going to give you a 'make defconfig',
>>so yes, you would see lots of .config file differences from the
>>previous kernel version.
>
>Oops, damn, I think I just proved I have oldtimers.
>
>I'll nuke that mrproper line then. It was the top stanza in the error
>log generated by the failed dkms build that caused me to add it in the
>first place.
>
>In other words, an outright attack of dumbass on my part. Thanks for not
>saying it that way. :)

I removed the mrproper line, reran the scripts and its all running like it
should. I also had it run a pass of memtest86+, no problems found.

I apologize for the noise.

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.
-- Decca Recording Company, turning down the Beatles, 1962
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/