From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kevin J. Cummings" Subject: Re: compiling kernel Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:38:01 -0400 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3F85C729.9030004@kjchome.homeip.net> References: <3F816588.84A804BD@tid.es> <3F819038.5EEA5635@tid.es> <3F826A6E.2B9B61C5@tid.es> <3F8312FE.90005@kjchome.homeip.net> <3F859B02.27810BB@tid.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3F859B02.27810BB@tid.es> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Miguel_Gonz=E1lez_Casta=F1os?= Cc: linux-admin This file is put in the /boot directory by RedHat. I suspect as a=20 convenient place to store it, since you don't *have* to have the kernel= =20 sources installed. You can also find various RedHat configuration file= s=20 in /usr/src/linux/configs if you installed the kernel-source RPM.=20 Whichever pre-built configuration you wish to start with, it should be=20 moved to: /usr/src/linux/.config in order to build an identically=20 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=20 "make depends") before building your new kernel (or modules). Miguel Gonz=E1lez Casta=F1os wrote: > Just one question. This config file is changed after you boot the sys= tem and sets > all the modules that should be used, or it is > always the same config file? How is that file changed? >=20 > Many thanks in advance >=20 > Miguel >=20 > "Kevin J. Cummings" ha escrito: >=20 >=20 >>Its in your /boot directory. Look for a file called >>config-REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER where REDHAT-RELEASE-NUMBER is the `unam= e >>-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.rp= m). >> >>Miguel Gonz=E1lez Casta=F1os wrote: >> >>>hello again, >>> >>> When I said default kernel I meant the default kernel provided by R= edHat 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 >=20 >=20 > -- >=20 > Un saludo, >=20 > Miguel >=20 > _____________________________________________________________________= __ >=20 > Control en el Entorno M=F3vil > Telef=F3nica I+D > Parque Tecnol=F3gico de Boecillo, parcela 118 > 47151 Boecillo (Valladolid) >=20 > Tel: +34 983 367957 > Fax: +34 983 367564 >=20 > E-mail: mgc@tid.es Web: http://www.tid.es > _____________________________________________________________________= __ >=20 >=20 > "Si la libertad significa algo, ser=E1 sobre todo el derecho a decirl= e > a la gente aquello que no quieren oir". George Orwell >=20 >=20 > _____________________________________________________________________= __ >=20 >=20 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin= " in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >=20 --=20 Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@rcn.com cummings@kjchome.homeip.net cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html