Re: Yet another [cross] installer
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> Namely, if there was ALWAYS a way (which could not be turned off) to
>> extract a kernel's configuration (in a format which could be plunked into
>> /usr/src/linux and used to build new modules) from the running kernel,
>> things would be much simpler.
>
> The config is generally fairly easy to figure out. The hard bit is the random
> pile of patches they've applied.
sadly the recommended tool (ikconfig script?) didn't work, i couldn't
tell you why.
adam's now asked the factory for the linux kernel source, it's just
paaainful to be ... aggh, no ext3 module? segfaults due to binary
modules having same name as modules already compiled-in? old kernel
modules still lying around? *shudder* :)
fingers crossed, they'll "get" the message...
l.
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