[KLUG Members] Not the sharpest tack in the box.

[Buist Justin]

> What does make oldconfig do?  Does it check the parameters of 
> the running kernel

Yep.

> or does it look at the last time the kernel configuration 
> software was run?

Nope.  That info is stored in the .config file a the top of your source tree.

Since you're going to be building a kernel from the same source tree that your running one was being built from 'make oldconfig' should complete w/out any prompts.  In situations where you're going from one version to another which has more options you'll get prompted in a 'make config' style when it has no current value for that option.

Hope that works.

Justin Buist