Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750759AbWE1NNA (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 09:13:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750760AbWE1NNA (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 09:13:00 -0400 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:5041 "EHLO lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750759AbWE1NM7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 09:12:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 15:12:58 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Heiko Carstens Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Lee Revell , devmazumdar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? Message-ID: <20060528131257.GN13513@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Heiko Carstens , Arjan van de Ven , Lee Revell , devmazumdar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1148596163.31038.30.camel@mindpipe> <1148653797.3579.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060528130320.GA10385@osiris.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="owpTafYe/1tj88Rh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060528130320.GA10385@osiris.ibm.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.12.3lug-owl X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net X-Echelon-Enable: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll X-TKUeV: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1628 Lines: 51 --owpTafYe/1tj88Rh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2006-05-28 15:03:20 +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote: > > > I'd really like to see a distro-agnostic way to retrieve the kernel > > > configuration. /proc/config.gz has existed for soem time but many > > > distros inexplicably don't enable it. > >=20 > > /boot/config-`uname -r` >=20 > What's the reason for distros to disable /proc/config.gz? To save memory? The config can be placed as a plain file, so why waste non-swappable kernel memory for a task that can easily be done with a simple file? MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O f=C3=BCr einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=C3=BCrger" | im Internet! | i= m Irak! O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --owpTafYe/1tj88Rh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEeaHZHb1edYOZ4bsRAmDoAJ9nPZBRlWL3OtlqUVEa6vHke4pKygCgjU5K TtXjv/dXCYHICOj18t/JSYQ= =4urW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --owpTafYe/1tj88Rh-- - 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/