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Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk> writes: > On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Aaron Tiensivu wrote: [snip] > > /proc/config [snip] > I don't really think this would be worthwhile. You don't need to know at > runtime. If you want to do this, devise some scheme to embed information > into the kernel image with minimal overhead, and provide some program so > that you can say > > $ printconfig ./vmlinuz > > and it will tell you how the kernel in question was compiled. Craig Milo Rogers <rogers@ISI.EDU> writes: > Another possibility, I suppose, would be to slip the .config > info into System.map somehow. I think that I would prefer it in the > kernel itself, however, to ensure maximum avialability when running > comparison tests on several kernels. A new ELF section `.config', then. - Hari -- Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ harinath@cs.umn.edu "When all else fails, read the instructions." -- Cahn's Axiom "Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing." -- Roy L Ash | |||||||||
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