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I have a minimalistic 2.6.12.22mdkcustom (2005 LE), I kept its .config.mandy2005

I understand one cannot reuse .config with "major" kernel version differences, correct?

I want to disable in 2.6.17 whatever was disabled in 2.6.12.

 

Is there a bash script/tool out there to do that? I have not come accross one so far.

 

(my bash programming is very slow, so it would take me hours, but I suppose the idea is

grepping any line in .config.mandy2005 starting with # and containing "disabled",

awk the name of the kernel parameter out of that line and store it.

if such a parameter was found, look in .config.mdv2007 if in there and not starting with # ,

if found then sed it by deleting line and inputing the .config.mandy2005 line

(my experience editing by hand is that just putting a # is a bad idea, maybe I am wrong)

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I tried the diff -ru method

but had to give up quite quickly because the kernel parameters where either too numerous or the diff ouptut was not usefull because the same line in each file were so far away (in terms of number of line between them) that it meant the diff was a very very long output.

in the old .config lots of line are prefixed by a #

 

I just gave up at that point, thinking maybe I should sort the line first

(alphabetically in case they were not ordered already, but then it meant all # would go together). Then I started to wonder if there was not such a tool anyway

 

the difference between a stock .config and mine is massive:

disabled all the cards I do not have, all the file system I do not use, some of the ip modules etc.

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You SHOULD be able to use old .config in the same series - basically just copy old .config file into new kernel tree and run make xconfig or whatever - newer features (not present in your old .config) will default, and your settings will be preserved.

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You SHOULD be able to use old .config in the same series - basically just copy old .config file into new kernel tree and run make xconfig or whatever - newer features (not present in your old .config) will default, and your settings will be preserved

Thanks, that sounds like it is well-behaved if it just plug gaps,

and complain on the few oddities not existing anymore

 

Will try and let you know (will be quite a few days)

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There's a really nice easy way. Copy the old config file to your /boot directory. Then link the config file to it like this:

 

ln -s config-2.6.16.whatever config

 

now, when you go to compile new kernel, it'll read the default config file and you'll get the options you want automatically.

 

If not, after booting, find out what kernel your running, and then rename the current config file for this kernel, and then copy your customised one to the same name as the one for the running kernel, and go for a make menuconfig after this. Example:

 

[ian@europa boot]$ ls -l
total 3334
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root	 512 Oct  6 13:36 boot.0300
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root	  18 Oct 13 07:37 config -> config-2.6.17-5mdv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   77051 Sep 13 20:33 config-2.6.17-5mdv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root	 152 Oct  6 13:36 grub/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  384450 Oct  6 13:36 initrd-2.6.17-5mdv.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root	  22 Oct  6 13:36 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.17-5mdv.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root	  26 Oct 13 07:38 kernel.h -> /boot/kernel.h-2.6.17-5mdv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root	1493 Oct  6 11:41 kernel.h-2.6.17-5mdv
-rw------- 1 root root  287744 Oct  6 13:36 map
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root	  15 Oct  6 13:36 message -> message-graphic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  264808 Oct  6 13:36 message-graphic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root	 116 Oct  6 13:36 message-text
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root	  22 Oct  6 11:41 System.map -> System.map-2.6.17-5mdv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  667511 Sep 13 20:33 System.map-2.6.17-5mdv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root	 256 Oct  6 13:36 uk-latin1.klt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root	  19 Oct  6 13:35 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.17-5mdv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1706177 Sep 13 20:33 vmlinuz-2.6.17-5mdv

 

config points to 2.6.17.5 here, but copy yours to 2.6.17.5 or whatever, you get what I mean :P

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