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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: How to check the kernel compile options ?
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> I still prefer your suggestion to append it to the kernel image
> as __initdata so that it's discarded from memory but can be
> read with some tool(s).

The problem is that it make the kernel image larger, which lives in /boot
on many systems. Putting it in a module directory, even if not a module,
would be a better place for creative boot methods, of which there are
many.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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