Re: Building .config into the kernel

grant@torque.net
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:56:50 -0500 (EST)

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> > Right: that's quite a few positive replies regarding something like
> > /proc/config.gz.
> >
> > Anyone prepared to argue against it?
>
> Yes. Because the
>
> cat .config.in >> zImage
>
> suggestion is even better. It takes no kernel memory and you can yank it off
> the image trivially

But there's no deterministic way to locate the image file on a running
system - it might not even be accessible. So, cloneconfig won't work.

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