Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Building .config into the kernel | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:26:15 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Chris Chiappa <griffon@snurgle.org> said: > On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 09:30:56PM -0600, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: > > It discards semantic information from the .config file, and once that > > information is lost, it can't be regenerated.
> I'm not sure about this. It's trivial to find the version of a running > kernel and from that you can deduce anything that *isn't* set in .config, > and the space savings are substantial.
Many unofficial patches add new configuration options. OTOH, you probably shouldn't cater to them... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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