Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:11:03 -0500 (EST) | From | Paul Clements <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5] Retrieve configuration information from kernel |
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> I am including a revised patch that allows a user to embed kernel > configuration in the kernel and retrieve it later either from a running > kernel or from the kernel image file. This is an enhancement to Randy's > patch that was discussed on LKML before and is part of -ac series > kernels. > > This patch provides three choices for embedding kernel configuration: > > 1. Include configuration in running kernel image. This adds to the > footprint of the running kernel but allows configuration to be retrieved > using "cat /proc/ikconfig/config".
Have you considered compressing the config info in order to reduce the space wastage in the loaded kernel image? Could easily be 10's of KB (not that that's a lot these days). The info would then be retrieved via "gunzip -c", et al. instead of a simple "cat".
-- Paul
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