On Sun, 2006-05-28 15:03:20 +0200, Heiko Carstens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd really like to see a distro-agnostic way to retrieve the kernel > > > configuration. /proc/config.gz has existed for soem time but many > > > distros inexplicably don't enable it. > > > > /boot/config-`uname -r` > > What's the reason for distros to disable /proc/config.gz? To save memory? The config can be placed as a plain file, so why waste non-swappable kernel memory for a task that can easily be done with a simple file? MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw [email protected] . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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