Getting config from kernel
Okay, I sent this to the list once already, but I'm not sure it got
through.
I'm trying to get IP aliasing going on my brand spankin' new Debian 1.1
box. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have been compiled in, nor
could I find a module for it in /lib/modules/current/ipv4.
I tried getting the linux-source package and doing "make modules", but,
when I tried to "insmod ip_alias.o", it told me that my 2.06 modules
don't match my linux 2.0.6 (even though I'm using the 2.0 version of
the modules package, which was supposed to fix that bug).
So, I've resigned myself to recompiling the kernel. However, I'm worried
that, during the Q&A of "make config", I'll accidentally say "no" to
a driver that I need. For example, with my network card, I'm not exactly
sure which driver is driving it, but I know that the card is working
with the stock 2.0.6 kernel that came with debian. Since I'm doing this
over the net, and since I'd like to avoid having to pay a visit to the
physical machine if at all possible, I'd like to make sure that all my
necessary drivers are compiled in.
The way I'd really like to do this is to be able to somehow extract or
ftp a copy of the config file used to make the stock debian kernel. Then,
I'd know that I was starting from something that I *know* works, and I
could then make incremental changes to that.
So, a few questions:
1 - Any ideas on how to get ip_alias.o to load?
2 - Where is the information generated by "make config" kept? For example,
suppose I forgot to compile in *one* crucial driver, and I don't want
to go through the grueling Q&A that "make config" puts me through.
Where can I make that one-line change and then go on to "make depend",
etc.?
3 - Is there any way I can extract or obtain a copy of what config was
used to generate the 2.0.6 kernel that I'm using?
- Joe
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