On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 04:59:12PM -0800, Christopher Maujean wrote: > >is there any way to extract a kernel config from a compiled kernel? >(assuming the source tree is no longer in the same state as when the >kernel was compiled) >
<working from fuzzy memory without a running Linux box on hand> I believe one of the effects of "make install" is to put a config file in /boot, and that the kernel will get fussy and not boot if it is not there, so if your system can boot, look for it there. I will follow up when i've had a chance to look closer. Under *BSD, there is a kernel config option to embed a config file in the kernel, so $ strings $PATH_TO_KERNEL | less would give you the config, assuming you'd used that option when you compiled it. -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
