Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 May 2006 15:12:58 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? |
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On Sun, 2006-05-28 15:03:20 +0200, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> wrote: > > > I'd really like to see a distro-agnostic way to retrieve the kernel > > > configuration. /proc/config.gz has existed for soem time but many > > > distros inexplicably don't enable it. > > > > /boot/config-`uname -r` > > What's the reason for distros to disable /proc/config.gz?
To save memory? The config can be placed as a plain file, so why waste non-swappable kernel memory for a task that can easily be done with a simple file?
MfG, JBG
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