some of this has come up before, but i wanted to make dead sure i got it right.
occasionally, someone asks "where is the config file for the currently running kernel?", and the answer is that a number of config files reside in the kernel directory /usr/src/linux-???/configs. you just have to choose the one that corresponds to how your machine was installed. but there are more config files than prebuilt binary kernel RPMs, which leads one to ask: 1) for the config files that appear to match a binary kernel RPM, is this *exactly* the config file that was used to build the corresponding RPM? 2) what are the other config files for? just suggestions or starting points if someone wants help getting going? i've also noticed the config file .../arch/i386/defconfig in the kernel source directory. what does this represent? it's part of the actual kernel-source RPM, so i would guess it's the config file to be used for a kernel configuration if there is no .config file. is that correct? and finally, for those who hadn't noticed, there is a kernel config option to actually build the config file into the new kernel itself. that config file can (allegedly) be extracted with the script .../scripts/extract-ikconfig, again in the kernel source directory. (i say "allegedly" since i bugzilla'ed it once for not working, and i'm just about to check if it's better). rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
