Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system?

[Heiko Carstens]

> > > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/