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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>,
        "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
Subject: Re: How to check the kernel compile options ?
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 02:02:48 +0100
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On February 13, 2002 10:51 pm, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> 
> > The advantage, of course is that if you are executing the kernel,
> > it can give you all the information necessary to recreate a
> > new one from the sources because its .config is embeded into
> > itself. Once you have the ".config" file, you just do `make oldconfig`
> > and you are home free.
> 
> But it does no such thing! You not only need the config file, you need the
> source.

The source is readily available, the specific config used for your kernel may
not be.

> This feature just isn't all that useful,

Given your little logic slip above I'm not sure I should trust your conclusion.
OK, I'm out of here, I'm not interested in discussing why any more, only how.

-- 
Daniel
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