Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: A couple "normal user" questions.. | Date | Fri, 31 Jan 97 09:30:59 PST | From | Craig Milo Rogers <> |
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>> Perhaps this should be a config option? CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG? >The info in /proc along with /lib/modules and System.map >can be used by a user space program to deduce what in available in the >kernel. For example take a look at /proc/filesystems and /proc/net. >Detailed driver info would need System.map.
Maybe all the info's there (and maybe not), but part of the point of this thread is that such information takes too much thought to understand. Furthermore, a tool to automatically recreate a .config script based upon current clues in /proc would probably become a maintenance headache, as the program would have to be modified as new .config options are added, which is fairly frequent currently. So, it would be simpler and more reliable to simply include a copy of .config in the kernel.
Another possibility, I suppose, would be to slip the .config info into System.map somehow. I think that I would prefer it in the kernel itself, however, to ensure maximum avialability when running comparison tests on several kernels.
Craig Milo Rogers
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