Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:03:31 +0200 | From | almesber@lrc ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz |
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almesber@lrc.epfl.ch wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: >> So cat it with a magic lead in after the bzImage gzip block into the bzImage.
> Granted, all those are borderline cases, but then 1-2 kB doesn't look > like too high a price to pay for a solution that is inherently robust.
Ah, sorry, I first mis-read your posting. You're right, what you're suggesting obviously works too (except for the hopefully rare case where you overwrite your old kernel image with a new one without rebooting instantly).
But is it so much more expensive than a /proc/config.whatever ?
- Werner
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