Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750767AbWE1Np3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 09:45:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750768AbWE1Np3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 09:45:29 -0400 Received: from mtagate3.uk.ibm.com ([195.212.29.136]:36163 "EHLO mtagate3.uk.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750767AbWE1Np2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 09:45:28 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 15:45:20 +0200 From: Heiko Carstens To: 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: <20060528134520.GB10385@osiris.ibm.com> References: <1148596163.31038.30.camel@mindpipe> <1148653797.3579.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060528130320.GA10385@osiris.ibm.com> <20060528131257.GN13513@lug-owl.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060528131257.GN13513@lug-owl.de> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r802 (Linux) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 877 Lines: 20 > > > > 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. > > > > > > /boot/config-`uname -r` > > > > 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? As long as you know which of the config files to pick, no problem. At least for me /proc/config.gz is the much more comfortable way. Anyway, thanks for clarification! - 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/