Dave Jones wrote: > > I still think it would be better to follow the Linux standard, > > as decided presumably by Linus Torvalds, > > with config.gz accessible in /proc . > > Just because something gets merged into Linus' kernel, does not > mean that it is mandated as some 'standard'. If this were true > we'd all be using horrors like devfs now. Hasn't devfs been replaced by udev? > Contrary to popular opinion, sometimes, Linus gets things wrong. I don't think Torvalds is either right or wrong in this case. /boot and /proc seem to me equally good places to store the config file. But that being so, I don't see the point of Fedora doing things differently. > http://www.google.com/search?q=fedora+config.gz > First hit is an archive of the previous discussion. Remember that I didn't know there had been a previous discussion. I did in fact google, IIRC, for "fedora kernel config" but didn't light on the discussion you are referring to. However, I didn't search very far. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
