Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:46:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:46:45 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:10249 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:46:44 -0500 Subject: Re: How to extract CONFIG file for a kernel From: "Richard B. Tilley " "(Brad)" To: SK Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <20021210184805.19739.qmail@web14601.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20021210184805.19739.qmail@web14601.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 10 Dec 2002 13:54:22 -0500 Message-Id: <1039546462.11575.9.camel@oubop4.bursar.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1495 Lines: 44 If you have RH's /usr/src directory installed, you can cd to /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs and pick from several pre-built config files. they work nicely. I use them to build kernel.org kernels. It's *much* easier to make a few config changes to their config file than starting from scratch. They tend to be highly modular though... some people don't like this. Good luck! On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 13:48, SK wrote: > > Is there any way to extrace the CONFIG file > used to compile a kernel. I have 2.4.18-14 kernel > from RedHat and I want to know the config options > used for compiling that kernel. > > Any ideas..? > Thanks > Santhosh > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Richard B. Tilley (Brad), System Administrator & Web Developer Virginia Tech, Office of the University Bursar Phone: 540.231.6277 Fax: 540.231.3238 Page: 557.0891 Web: http://www.bursar.vt.edu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/