Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 1 Feb 1997 00:03:54 -0500 (EST) | From | Jon Lewis <> | Subject | Re: A couple "normal user" questions.. |
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Hugo Van den Berg wrote:
> > 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.
Most any reasonable linux platform can compile a new kernel in no time...and generally, you're better off doing so rather than using a RAM wasting kitchen sink kernel from some distribution.
My first Linux box did make zImage in about 3 hours...my latest has it down to about 7 minutes. Either way, it's time well spent. At worst, this should be a config option so people who know how to keep their config files don't have to waste the RAM.
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