Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263051AbTHZWgg (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:36:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263024AbTHZWe5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:34:57 -0400 Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:10644 "EHLO mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263012AbTHZWdh (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:33:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:33:28 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.23-pre1] /proc/ikconfig support Message-ID: <20030826223328.GC27422@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: lkml References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 826 Lines: 20 On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > And about ikconfig, hum, I'm not sure if I want that. Its nice, yes, but I > still wonder. You are free to convince me though: I think people usually > know what they compile in their kernels, dont they? Precedent: admin at a site changes, original .config was snatched from some other machine, and kernel sources have been removed from $NOTEBOOK because space was tight... In such cases, a config store is pretty handy. Extract, make oldconfig, there you go. If you're collecting user votes, count mine as AYE. -- Matthias Andree - 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/