From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756006Ab0JYOXv (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:23:51 -0400 Received: from mail.wdtv.com ([66.118.69.84]:57810 "EHLO mail.wdtv.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755423Ab0JYOXu (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:23:50 -0400 From: Gene Heskett To: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: 2.6.36, make oldconfig broken Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:23:46 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36; KDE/4.5.2; i686; ; ) Cc: LKML References: <201010221229.36996.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <4CC38D8F.7010104@oracle.com> <201010240113.33015.gene.heskett@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201010240113.33015.gene.heskett@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201010251023.46473.gene.heskett@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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