linux-kernel - Re: apparent loss of continuity in kernel .config?

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Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:31:00 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Gene Heskett <gheskett@...v.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: apparent loss of continuity in kernel .config?

Hi Gene,

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@...v.com> wrote:
> Attempting to go from 3.16.0 to 3.16.7 last night, a make oldconfig
> started from scratch as if there were no .config's in the directory.  I
> stood on the enter key to take the defaults, then ran a make xconfig to
> discover it was totally wrong for an AMD phenom, no networking, no disc
> drivers, video was an old ATI, when there is an nvidia card in it, yadda,
> yadda.

Being someone who runs "make oldconfig" and compares .config.old and .config
all the time, I never saw this. However, those are almost never x86 oldconfigs.

Did it change from 64BIT=y to no or vice versa?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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