Re: Compiling kernel
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On Sunday 04 April 2004 13:04, Sebastiaan wrote:
> High,
>
> 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.
> >
> > 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?
>
> In /boot there is a file named config-.... with .... being your running
> kernel. Unpack the kernel source in /usr/src/linux and copy
> /boot/config-... to /usr/src/linux/.config
That was the piece of magic I needed. I was guessing that this was the current
config, but I couldn't find anything that SAID it was the current config.
Thanks much!
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