Re: compiling kernel

["Kevin J. Cummings" <cummings@kjchome.homeip.net>]

This file is put in the /boot directory by RedHat.  I suspect as a 
convenient place to store it, since you don't *have* to have the kernel 
sources installed.  You can also find various RedHat configuration files 
in /usr/src/linux/configs if you installed the kernel-source RPM. 
Whichever pre-built configuration you wish to start with, it should be 
moved to:  /usr/src/linux/.config in order to build an identically 
configured kernel as RedHat provides.

If you want to use it as a starting point for customizing your kernel,
copy it there, then run "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" (and then 
"make depends") before building your new kernel (or modules).

Miguel González Castaños wrote:
> Just one question. This config file is changed after you boot the system and sets
> all the modules that should be used, or it is
> always the same config file? How is that file changed?
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> Miguel
> 
> "Kevin J. Cummings" ha escrito:
> 
> 
>>Its in your /boot directory.  Look for a file called
>>config-REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER where REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER is the `uname
>>-r` of the RedHat kernel RPM.  ie, if your running 2.4.20-20.9 like I
>>am, look for /boot/config-2.4.20-20.9.  This file is a part of the
>>kernel RPM that you installed (in my case, kernel-2.4.20-20.9.i586.rpm).
>>
>>Miguel González Castaños wrote:
>>
>>>hello again,
>>>
>>> When I said default kernel I meant the default kernel provided by RedHat in
>>>the 7.3 version.
>>>Is there any way to get that .config file in those rpm kernels?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Miguel
>>
>>--
>>Kevin J. Cummings
>>kjchome@rcn.com
>>cummings@kjchome.homeip.net
>>cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us
> 
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> Un saludo,
> 
> Miguel
> 
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