[Linux-disciples] Making kernel upgrades easier

[Chung-chieh Shan]

On 2004-12-25T11:51:22-0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I'm upgrading to kernel 2.6.10 right now, and I just had to
> press enter 500 times to accept the defaults when asked
> whether I want support for new and obscure types of
> hardware. I'd like some way to make this upgrade easier. In
> increasing order of desirability, here's what I'd like:
> either
> 
> 1) An option -- say, 'make oldconfig-defaults' -- that will
> take whatever my configuration in .config was, then accept
> the defaults for every new config option.
> 
> 2) A program that will look at my system and pick kernel
> options based on what I actually have on my system.
> 
> 3) A program that will do what 2) does, but also optionally
> install any hardware -- as modules or into the kernel --
> that I could conceivably have on my machine.
> 
> Does anyone out there know of such a program or 'make'
> target?

I give the option "--config=menuconfig" to make-kpkg, which causes
make-kpkg to invoke "make menuconfig".  Once in menuconfig, I can select
"load alternative configuration file" to load a previous configuration
from /boot/config-2.6.9 (in my case last night :).

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