Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:36:09AM -0500, you [Timur Tabi] claimed:
> ** Reply to message from Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> on Tue, 29 Aug 2000
> 18:27:20 -0700
>
>
> > +CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG
> > + Say Y here if you want a copy of your current kernel configuration
> > + saved in the kernel that you build. This is extremely useful if you
> > + ever build more than one kernel. The cost is around 1K-4K of running
> > + memory. Only say no if you really can't spare this. You can sneeze
> > + and lose more on memory than this.
>
> Wow, this is incredibly useful!!! Why, or why, isn't this part of the standard
> kernel?!?!? It would save so many headaches building kernels.

Note that this

 http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/proconfig/

exists, too.

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