Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:02:37 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: How to check the kernel compile options ? |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > The advantage, of course is that if you are executing the kernel, > > it can give you all the information necessary to recreate a > > new one from the sources because its .config is embeded into > > itself. Once you have the ".config" file, you just do `make oldconfig` > > and you are home free. > > But it does no such thing! You not only need the config file, you need the > source. So you now need to add to the kernel the entire source tree from > which it was built, or perhaps just a diff file from a kernel.org source, > which you will suitably compress, of course.
What the F..? You are outa your mind. The PURPOSE is to create a .config from which one can do a `make oldconfig` and get the same drivers, modules, etc., that you have in the running kernel.
Of course you need a kernel source-code tree.
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Cheers, Dick Johnson
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