On Wednesday 01 April 2009 18:55:48 G. Matthew Rice wrote: > <[email protected]> writes: > > > /usr/src/linux/.config > > > > Well, kernel source resides in /usr/src/<kernel ver> with link to > > /usr/src/linux. Having more than one kernel source, you need to check the > > softlink for /usr/src/linux before asking for /usr/src/linux/.config ;-) > > I agree. Perhaps it can just change it to "Kernel Source Tree" or > something.
Good idea. Seeing as your source tree can be anywhere you feel like putting it. Kernel documentation last time I looked explicitly recommends you put it in your home directory. /usr/src is more a matter of convention than anything else > > Better ask for the kernel config file ".config" or on the life system and > > if enabled /proc/config[.gz]. > > How universal is /proc/config* on various distros. Debian and Ubuntu don't > seem to enable it in their default kernels. SUSE does. I don't have easy > access to any RH boxes right now, though. It's not at all universal. Some have it some don't. However, all distros provide some way to find the kernel config, so perhaps you could word it generically, along the lines of "look in the kernel config to find ...." -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
