Re: [EXAMPLE-PATCH] /proc/config
Peter T. Breuer (ptb@it.uc3m.es)
Fri, 29 May 1998 18:07:41 +0200 (MET DST)
"A month of sundays ago Nicholas J. Leon wrote:"
>
> On Fri, 29 May 1998, Martin Mares wrote:
>
> # I consider /proc/config kernel bloat of minimal usefullness.
>
> Minimal? My, I can't even count the times I've said to myself "What the
> hell did I compile this kernel with?" Or, had to go through by hand via
> make config to duplicate (and pray I got it right) a configuration on a
> customer's site who managed to 'rm -rf /usr/src/linux'.
This is true. <joke on> I name the kernels with the mda5 signature of
the .config, then save the .configs under arbitary names, then match
them against the md5 when I need to <joke off>
Peter ptb@it.uc3m.es
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