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#30519 - 02/05/2001 12:59 OT(Kind of):Possible to reverse engineer kernel config?
BillB
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Registered: 13/04/2000
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Loc: Orlando, FL USA
In this case, this isn't empeg related, but it's possible that it could apply at some point -

Is there a reasonable way to determine what options a kernel was compiled with? I need to recompile, but I don't want to leave anything important out, and I'm not too familiar with the specific platform (sparc, in case it matters).

Thanks,

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#30520 - 02/05/2001 13:40 Re: OT(Kind of):Possible to reverse engineer kernel config? [Re: BillB]
SuperQ
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not normaly, there is a nice patch that VA linux has that will keep a copy of the .config file that was used to build a kernel image, gziped up, and available via /proc/config.gz, but that's the only way I've ever seen


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#30521 - 08/05/2001 08:00 Re: OT(Kind of):Possible to reverse engineer kernel config? [Re: SuperQ]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
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Debian generally keeps a copy of the config file for the current kernel in /boot, IIRC -- as long as you installed a stock kernel .deb, or used make-kpkg to build a custom one.



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#30522 - 08/05/2001 08:11 Re: OT(Kind of):Possible to reverse engineer kernel config? [Re: Roger]
BillB
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Awesome! That did the trick. Thanks!

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