Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 May 1997 09:19:10 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Nicholas J. Leon" <> | Subject | Re: config procfs patch |
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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??]
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