linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.36, make oldconfig broken

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:23:46 -0400
From:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.36, make oldconfig broken

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
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