Am I shooting for the stars asking for kernel 2.6.19 RC1 for

Kwan Lowe kwan at digitalhermit.com
Mon Oct 9 20:55:11 UTC 2006


> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Kwan Lowe wrote:
>
>>
>> > 1) download and untar source tree into personal (non-root) home
>> > directory
>> > 2) copy a recent FC config file from /boot into the top level of that
>> > source tree with the name ".config"
>> > 2a) [optional] "make menuconfig" to tweak config if you want
>>
>>
>> In my experience, the stock FC config file generally won't work
>> cleanly with the vanilla kernel.org sources. I've been using the FC5
>> (latest kernel) then patching specific fixes from the vanilla tree.
>> It works, but be prepared for some tweaking.
>
> of course it won't work "cleanly," hence the need for
>
>   $ yes '' | make oldconfig
>
> to bring that FC stock config file into sync with the features of the
> newer tree.

Sure, try that.
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