Re: Knowing what options a kernel was compiled with

[Matthew Pitts]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:06:57 +1100
 Keith Owens <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:21:41 -0700, 
> Jacob Anawalt <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >Is there a way to know what options a running kernel was
> compiled with,
> >if you dont have access to the source or configure files
> it was compiled
> >off of?
> 
> No.  You have to insist that whoever distributes the
> kernel binary also
> distributes the .config file that it was compiled with.
> 
> Don't bother arguing that the kernel should record this
> info, it has
> been discussed before and rejected.  This is a problem
> for the
> distributors, not for the kernel.
Keith and Jacob,
Some distributions DO include the config. It may be located
in the /boot dir with a name CONFIG-2.2.10 or similar. I
know that Caldera 2.3 shiped that way(2.4 may also). If you
have the install CDROM, the kernel source install may have
it (e.g. Linux-Mandrake 7.x).

Matthew
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