<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Shawn - Red Mop" <redmop924@comcast.net><br>To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech@cluedenver.org><br>Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:44:13 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: Re: [clue-tech] kernel config file<br><br><style>p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style>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.<br>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><br></p>Shawn<br>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><br></p>On Thursday 21 May 2009 07:17:01 am dennisjperkins@comcast.net wrote:<br>
> 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. <br>
> <br>
> 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. <br>
> <br>
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