Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:29:02 +0100 () | From | Hugo Van den Berg <> | Subject | Re: A couple "normal user" questions.. |
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Aaron Tiensivu wrote:
> RFC: > > /proc/config > > This would be simply the .config that was used in compilation of the kernel. > I'm sure a lot of people have kernels lying around and they don't know what > they compiled into it, and didn't keep the related .config around either. The > reason I think it should be a /proc option is that it would be an easy reminder > and a small portion of code. > > That way.. for newbies to kernels, a userland program could parse /proc/config > and tell them exactly what is configured into the kernel.
Not only that, but if you get a kernel from somewhere else (mostly in distributions) you can see what's in and what isn't. I think it's a good idea. It could be made optional.
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