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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:13:48 +0200
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Subject: Re: config file part of kernel!
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On 22-04-08 21:03, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> On Tuesday 2008-04-22 18:53, Sanjeev Aditya Naga wrote:
>> Will it be good, if we make the `config` file (used to
>> build a kernel) part of the built kernel. So that one in
>> need, can extract it from the kernel using some
>> userspace tool!?
> 
> Surprise, what do you think /proc/config.gz is for? :-)

Now that you mention it -- why does the kernel export that thing gzipped in 
fact? It has a zlib copy...

Rene.