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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Jacob Anawalt <anawaltaj@qwest.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Knowing what options a kernel was compiled with
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:06:57 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4504.980658417@ocs3.ocs-net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:21:41 PDT." <3A73AC65.FC9DD8C@qwest.net>

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.

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-01-28  5:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-28  5:21 Knowing what options a kernel was compiled with Jacob Anawalt
2001-01-28  5:06 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2001-01-28  5:13   ` Matthew Pitts
2001-01-28  5:29     ` Keith Owens
2001-01-28 12:16       ` Andreas Ehliar
2001-01-28  5:43     ` Jacob Anawalt
2001-01-28  8:26       ` roger
2001-01-28 10:37     ` Chmouel Boudjnah
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-29 20:41 Torrey Hoffman
2001-01-29 20:56 ` mirabilos
2001-01-29 21:01   ` Ville Herva
2001-01-30  1:00 ` Keith Owens

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