.config portable?

corbintechboy · 03-02-2006, 10:08 PM

Hello, I just recompiled my kernel in gentoo. I created a .config file as was wonder if is portable? I have done several gentoo install but have always been afraid to not compile everything into the kernel for fear of stuff not working. Now I finaly did it. I compiled my own kernel and everything works!

I was wondering if I can take the .config file now and transport it across distros for kernel compiles?

Thanks in advance for the help.

(this has to do with slack because I want to do it with slack)

Alien_Hominid · 03-02-2006, 11:32 PM

It should be portable and work on most distros.

IceChant · 03-03-2006, 12:17 AM

when you rebuild the kernel you can load the made config (very clear in xconfig :-P) and use it after you check everything fits just to make sure.

satinet · 03-03-2006, 07:37 AM

i recenetly did this between slackware and Mepis and it worked fine (same PC of course).

in fact i just copied /usr/src/linux-2.6.15.4 from the slackware partition to the mepis partition.

then just ran "make" "make modules_install"

then re ran alsa and nvidia, and bob's your uncle....

Bjerrk · 03-03-2006, 10:12 AM

#4: You really ought to run make oldconfig first.

copy the .config to your kernel source folder, cd to the kernel source folder and run
make oldconfig
then
make && make modules_install

that'll definitely do the trick. I've done it lots of times.