Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Building .config into the kernel | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:27:49 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <199901142239.QAA10502@wind.enjellic.com>, G.W. Wettstein writes: +----- | On Jan 14, 7:09pm, Alan Cox wrote: | } Subject: Re: Building .config into the kernel | | > > 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 of | f | > the image trivially | | This should be a non-issue in my opinion. My team runs a bunch of | production Linux servers at my university job. Here is rpm output | from one of our servers: +--->8
The situation at *this* university is a little different. The machine I was working on this afternoon is a case in point: the grad student who normally uses the machine put 2.1.131 on it, and I have very little idea of how it was configured. And there's no way the LCS grad students are going to RPM their kernels....
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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