Actually, that's not as silly as it sounds. Why CAN'T /proc/config.gz
give a gzipped answer? Presumably we're only reading it if we are
actually running a system, in which case gzip is available to
decompress it.
So I think, yes, the simplest thing to do is put the whole gzipped
.config file into some kernel variable, then let /proc display it as a
.gz.
The next simplest thing to do is code the config as a 2bit-map
(presumably of yes,no,module,don't know) according to some standard.
That requires decisions, and the registration of identification numbers
for config options, so it won't happen.
Peter ptb@it.uc3m.es
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