I need to compile an old kernel 2.6.23 (downloaded from linuxkernels.com) in order to use it with a real time patch (it's a long story...), I installed ubuntu 10.04 which has a kernel 2.6.32-43-generic-pae. I decided to simple copy ubuntu configuration:
cp cp /boot/config-2.6.32-43-generic-pae /usr/src/linux-2.6.23/.config
I recompile the kernel:
make menuconfig
make
make install
make modules_install
mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.23-MYVER 2.6.23-MYVER
note that in the config I make this edit: I remove the module versioning support under loadable modules section. (this step is required by the patch).
At start, I get the title error:
cpufreq: no nforce2 chipset error
how it possible, since I copied a working configuration? Maybe is because of that only flag I disable?