On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 05:01:45AM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote: > > > > Name *one* good reason for doing /proc/config.gz over > > > Copying it to /boot/. I've seen this proposed multiple > > > times (on-list and in bugzilla), and not seen a single compelling > > > reason to turn it on. > > > > One good reason to do it is that you can be sure the config matches > > exactly what is currently running. > > ls /boot/config-`uname -r` It does not give the same guarantees as /proc/config.gz though, it may not even exist. I'm fine with the decision to do it as it is now, but you asked one good reason and I think that's one. Maybe it does not weigh in. -- dag wieers, dag@xxxxxxxxxx, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]
