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Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Lang <dlang@diginsite.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: bug database braindump from the kernel summit
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Jeff, if the sysadmin had anything to do with setting up the box I would
agree with you, but there are cases where one person will boot a machine
and another will then need to find out what is going on.

I have seen systems with multiple kernels available on boot get booted
from the wrong kernel

I've also seen a machine running for years without being touched and then
a sysadmin is hired and has to work on it, how should they know what the
config was?

/proc/config may be bloat, but we do need a way for the kernel config to
be tied to the kernel image that is running, however it is made available.

David Lang

 On Sun, 1 Apr
2001, Jeff Garzik wrote:

>
> If a sysadmin (note I don't say "user") has no clue what his kernel
> config is, or has no clue what kernel is running on his box, then
> they should be fired before the day is out.
>
> 	Jeff
>
>
>

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