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From: ddvlad@rosedu.org (Vlad Dogaru)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Check if specific functionally is built into the kernel
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:13:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA+rx9QxUnXR9W3LjTjkJOucWVo20wzgU=2D8T02-iHRqVnxUQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEnQRZCpMJM_AmbGMTepe2hvqwOfCn0vDQ6nZoHnC8qSnxv8Mg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Arokux B. <arokux@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have the following problem. Some functionality can be either built
>> into the kernel or it can be build as a module. In the latter case the
>> application should load the module.
>>
>> Is there a general approach to test if specific functionality is built
>> statically or as a module?
>
> If available, you can check .config file.
> (e.g check if CONFIG_X_OPTION=Y or CONFIG_X_OPTION=m).

If you don't have your .config (distro prebuilt image), you can check
/proc/config.gz or /boot/ for a config which corresponds to your uname
-r.

Vlad

      reply	other threads:[~2012-02-26 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-26 17:08 Check if specific functionally is built into the kernel Arokux B.
2012-02-26 17:26 ` Daniel Baluta
2012-02-26 21:13   ` Vlad Dogaru [this message]

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