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SubjectRe: config procfs patch
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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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