Re: /proc/config idea

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Mon, 02 Apr 2001 20:49:09 -0400

Jeremy Jackson wrote:
> If you have a lot of kernels around, which Config-2.4.3 applies to kernel 2.4.3
> given 5 to choose from...the idea (same for System.map) is that it being in the
> same
> file they can't be confused. Kinda like forks under Mac (but let's not go there
> now)

The same applies to kernel modules too. Are you going to put all those
in the kernel image too?

If it's a file, read it from a filesystem after the kernel has booted.
There is no need to special case this stuff.

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