[clue-tech] kernel config file

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

I configure my kernels to produce /proc/config.gz. That way I can always grab what is running. I also store a copy in /proc. But like I said, I don't know how many distros do that. 

Linux Kernel In A Nutshell has a script that can help determine which modules are needed. It scans /sys to see what is running but you still need to find out how to select it in "make menuconfig". I have the script at home if Kevin wants it. 


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From: "Shawn - Red Mop" <redmop924 at comcast.net> 
To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org> 
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:44:13 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] kernel config file 

I think that Kevin is looking to make a kernel that includes only the options he actually uses. I don't think that there is any good easy way to do that without doing it manually. My bash line just provides a start. 



Shawn 



On Thursday 21 May 2009 07:17:01 am dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote: 
> I looked in a book about the kernel, and it says that if the kernel is configured to do so, it puts config.gz into /proc, and that you can unzip that file into the kernel source and use it to build a new kernel. 
> 
> I don't know how many distros do this. I don't know how many put a copy of the config file into /boot either. 
> 




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