Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: How to check the kernel compile options ? | Date | Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:18:20 +0100 |
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On February 7, 2002 05:13 am, Mike Touloumtzis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:15:49AM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > On February 5, 2002 11:13 pm, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Alex Bligh - linux-kernel wrote: > > > > > > > I would be surprised if there is anyone on this list > > > > who has not lost at some point either the .config, the > > > > kysms, or something similar associated with at least > > > > one build they've made. > > > > > > Sure. And people have lost their root filesystems due to "rm -rf /". > > > That doesn't mean we build the entire (real) root filesystem into the > > > kernel. > > > > Well, it seems to be down to you and Arjan aguing that this usability > > improvement isn't needed, vs quite a few *users* who are complaining about > > the current state of things, as well they should because it's less good than > > it could be. > > Numeric participation on lkml discussions is not an indication of much. > If lkml accurately reflected the state of Linux and its userbase, Linux > would be the most crash-prone, bug-ridden, chaotic environment ever :-). > > There's probably a lot of people (like me) who use distribution tools like > Debian's kernel-package to build and manage kernel packages. If you're > used to using the right packaging tools, it looks kind of silly to stuff > text files into the kernel in case they're deleted, instead of doing: > > $ dpkg -x kernel-image-2.4.17_1.00.Custom_i386.deb ~/tmp/ > $ cat ~/tmp/boot/config-2.4.17 > > The kernel is just a program, and this is a tools problem. You don't > see people arguing that cat's documentation should be moved into /bin/cat > in case administrators misplace "cat.1.gz".
Cat is standard, kernels aren't. When was the last time you installed a custom cat?
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