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SubjectRe: Building .config into the kernel
On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 07:09:09PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Right: that's quite a few positive replies regarding something like
> > /proc/config.gz.
> >
> > Anyone prepared to argue against it?
>
> Yes. Because the
>
> cat .config.in >> zImage
>
> suggestion is even better. It takes no kernel memory and you can yank it off
> the image trivially

Assuming you still have the image floating around. Kernels do get zapped, and
floppies do get lost/overwritten.

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