Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: config procfs patch | From | (Aaron M. Ucko) | Date | 23 May 1997 18:54:15 -0400 |
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"Nicholas J. Leon" <nicholas@binary9.net> writes:
> On 23 May 1997, Tom May wrote: > > # > The attached patch adds > # > a build option for incorporating the settings in .config > # > into the kernel as a file in /proc. > # > # This is the third time I've seen a patch to do this go by, they've all > # gotten shot down, but I can never remember why . . . I guess I'll find > # out all over again. > > I thought it was because on some heavily configured systems, the resultant > file would be over 4K in size [which is the largest size a /proc entry can > have, right??]
Nope; /proc/kcore (admittedly a special case) is much more than that, and /proc/ksyms is currently 37009 characters on my system. Unless I'm mistaken, the reason is that it would be redundant; you should already have the .config.
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