Hi there, On 14 Jul 2003, Peter Celella wrote:
> The IPC in the kernel thing is what has me confused. I've searched > everywhere and can't find anything telling me what this is or how to > check it. Do you know how to check if IPC is configured in the kernel? It should be in the .config file which was used to compile your kernel. The basics for compiling a kernel (and many other bits of software) are: 1. You run a script or somehow produce a file called ".config" which 2. Is used by "make" when you compile the kernel. The script is often called "Configure" or something like that. The .config contains truckloads of information about your machine (it might be a PC, and Alpha, a Vax...) You can move a .config from one machine to another if they are exactly the same, but that's tricky. You can use a .config for one machine on a different machine if you edit it or somehow make it suitable. But best to make one each time, there's less room for error and it's easy, there's a script. I always use "make menuconfig" for Linux. For goodness' sake don't use the old "make config", it's terrible. >From something a friend said about a wireless network we were working on, I seem to remember that for V9, RedHatt bowled us a googly in that the .config you get isn't what they used to compile the kernel you're using when you boot. You may need to find out more about that, I don't have a RedHat system here at home and my office is 1,000 miles away. :) HTH 73, Ged. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
