Messages in this thread |  | | From | Hartmut Niemann <> | Subject | Re: Possible /etc/kernel.conf? | Date | Tue, 14 May 1996 17:10:32 +0200 (MSZ) |
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> On Mon, 13 May 1996, Shinanyaku wrote: > > > You know. If a /proc/config existed, it could be used during kernel > > configuration also. An autoconfig would be only a script away. > > > > > I have implement this a long time ago but felt that people would consider > > > a kernel bloat. Any interest, I must have the patch somewhere. > > Well, it would be nice to have an /etc/kernel.conf file, actually. I'm not > sure how useful /proc/config would be, but it would be logical to make > /etc/kernel.conf a link to it. At the very least, it'd be highly useful to > take the basic kernel configuration out of the kernel source directory, at > least as some sort of option.... > No, a _file_ /etc/kernel.conf is IMO a bad idea. Those who really need to know how a kernel was built usually have more than one kernel to boot, so this information must be stored _in_ the kernel image.
> lilo +--+ Hartmut
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