linux-kernel - Re: Latest tip kernel(3.2-rc1-tip_cf6b3899) fails to boot on x3850x5 machine

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Message-ID: <1324087834.1984.299.camel@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:10:34 -0800
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Subject: Re: Latest tip kernel(3.2-rc1-tip_cf6b3899) fails to boot on
 x3850x5 machine

On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 00:36 -0800, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> The problem is spuriously re-asking a question that *has already 
> been answered by the user*, and if the user accidentally just 
> accepts the default, the config breaks.
> 
> We try to keep things working fine across 'make oldconfig', i.e. 
> if the .config worked before, it should work after a 'make 
> oldconfig' as well.
> 

Ok. So what is the recommended way to do this, for example when we
change a config option name with no other dependency changes etc?

thanks,
suresh

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