Re: Compiling kernel
there isn't really a specified place to find the .config of your last
kernel build. usually, when you finish configuring and save the config, it
will be present in the kernel src dir.
i don't have any .config under /boot cos i build them in my /home and save
em under one folder.
so, if you did a kernel build a while ago, look in that src tree and you
should find it there.
if you havent, then i think you will find it under /boot (you could just
do a 'locate .config' and that should tell you if you dont find it there.)
hth.
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
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> I've been looking at the documentation for compiling the kernel, and something
> seems missing to me.
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> There is ample documentation on configuring the kernel, but I don't see the
> issue of the starting point addressed anywhere. It seems to be assumed that
> if you're going to compile the kernel, then you want to individually visit
> every configuration parameter and make a selection. There is good
> documentation everywhere on how to do this.
>
> If you have a working kernel, however, it seems far more logical to use its
> configuration as a starting point and make the changes relative to that. In
> SuSE, there are good instructions on getting this starting point, but I don't
> see anything like that in Debian. I *DO* see a config file in the /boot
> directory, but it is ambiguous (at best) as to whether this is the
> configuration for the running kernel.
>
> Being fair, when something is so pointedly not addressed, it usually means I
> should have known the answer without asking - but I'll admit to ignorance.
> Would someone be so kind as to point me at the place for the current config
> (probably the one in /boot, but this isn't something I want to take a chance
> on) for a starting point?
>
> tia
> - ---Michael
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