From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from beaver.sibername.com ([64.15.155.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HzmDM-0008G9-00 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:18:12 -0400 Received: from [24.226.68.228] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1HzmCq-0006I5-AJ for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:17:40 -0400 Message-ID: <00b901c7b09f$01b66dd0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070617012623.GA24480@localhost.localdomain><001501c7b08a$1f274070$ab00a8c0@tenstac> <20070617034325.GA27838@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: moving from amd to p3? Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:18:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - beaver.sibername.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - proficio.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:18:12 -0000 I didn't know that make oldconfig would recognize new options and prompt you for them. I guess that's because I don't usually use oldconfig. Since having the right config is the most important part of the kernel build, I always do it from scratch, with only the new source tree and nothing old in there. Perhaps I'm a glutton for punishment. hehe. But for those who haven't compiled kernel, it's really not that hard. Like most things, there's only one way to learn, by screwing up a few times and making kernels that won't boot, and learning how to recover from that, learning by trial and error what some of those drivers are and are not. I also highly recommend doing the linuxfromscratch thing if you have the time and patience. It's quite satisfying to build the entire mess from source and gives you a much better understanding of the fundamentals of linux. When I first started using linux I had this constant fear of missing stuff, if I didn't have everything installed then I wouldn't be able to build or use xyz software later. Now I'm the opposite, I always want a minimal system, only what I need and nothing more. Some of these distros have 6GB of software on the disks. Insane. -- Doug