[ILUG] Kernel Question

[Brian Brazil]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:39:03AM +0100, Dermot Daly wrote:
> Isn't there a "make oldconfig" option?  I thought there was.  This
> builds a .config file from your current kernel

No, it makes a config taking your current .config. It asks you anything
that isn't in the 'old' .config - which could be your current kernel but
that isn't gaurenteed (like when you compile for 4 boxes with the same
src tree, but with differnt configs)

Brian

> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 21:58, Olivier Tharan wrote:
> > * ger <gerdono at eircom.net> (20040811 21:53):
> > > Is there anyway to regenerate your kernel configuration from a running 
> > > kernel. ??
> > 
> > AFAIK, there is now a kernel configuration option to make this
> > information available through /proc.
> > 
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> > olive
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