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SubjectRe: [patch] v1.01 of /proc/.config (ready to eat)
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> I also disagree with Oliver Xymoron whose patch is apparently more clever
> (decompressing-on-the-fly) but, imho, for such a simple thing it is better
> to keep things simple.

Not when it costs no kernel space. (ok 3 bytes of space for .gz on the end
of the .config) to save 2 pages of memory. Oliver's approach is the best
so far

> somewhere. This is (far) more complex but this kind of complexity I like -
> i.e. it may be worth it in the long term (as opposed to ad-hoc complexity
> of built-in decompressor just for the humble /proc/.config thingy)

If you only want to keep it with the kernel image then

echo "%%%MAGICSTRING%%%" >>zImage
cat .config >>zImage

ought to work fine




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