Re: Knowing what options a kernel was compiled with

[Jacob Anawalt <anawaltaj@qwest.net>]

Matthew and Keith,

Thank you to both of you for your input, info, and quick responses. I
just wanted to make shure there weren't tricks still in the bag that I
hadn't learned about in this area. I'll look for the config file.

Jacob Anawalt

Matthew Pitts wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:06:57 +1100
>  Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:21:41 -0700,
> > Jacob Anawalt <anawaltaj@qwest.net> wrote:
> > >Is there a way to know what options a running kernel was
> > compiled with,
> > >if you dont have access to the source or configure files
> > it was compiled
> > >off of?
> >
> > No.  You have to insist that whoever distributes the
> > kernel binary also
> > distributes the .config file that it was compiled with.
> >
> > Don't bother arguing that the kernel should record this
> > info, it has
> > been discussed before and rejected.  This is a problem
> > for the
> > distributors, not for the kernel.
> Keith and Jacob,
> Some distributions DO include the config. It may be located
> in the /boot dir with a name CONFIG-2.2.10 or similar. I
> know that Caldera 2.3 shiped that way(2.4 may also). If you
> have the install CDROM, the kernel source install may have
> it (e.g. Linux-Mandrake 7.x).
>
> Matthew
> mpitts@suite224.net

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