Messages in this thread | | | From | Paul Menage <> | Subject | Re: How to check the kernel compile options ? | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:26:54 -0800 |
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In article <0C01A29FBAE24448A792F5C68F5EA47D217218@nasdaq.ms.ensim.com>, you write: >The reason you need all of these config options (which don't end up >making the code much more complex) is because, for example, if you >are netbooting your kernel, you do not have access to any external >data or even the original kernel image on that system. If it is >in-memory >you use 15kB of RAM (5kB in the compressed image) for a fully-configured >vendor kernel, but you have the config options for THIS kernel and not >any "maybe it is right, maybe not" external file.
How about having the MD5 sum of the config printed during boot time, just after (or on) the "Linux version" line - then at least you'd be able to verify that the .config file in your hands was indeed the one that was used to compile the kernel.
Paul
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