If I am not mistaken, nothing more than the
autoconf.h used in building the kernel is needed.
The .config can be regenerated therefrom if necessary.
Joachim Martillo
In a message dated Tue, 5 Feb 2002 6:02:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Catalin Marinas <c_marinas@yahoo.com> writes:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Daniel A. Newby wrote:
>
> > > Btw.. Does GPL require them to give me the .config file?
> >
> > definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and
> > installation of the executable."
> >
> > IMHO, .config is a "script used to control compilation".
>
> I think (though I might be wrong) this is not considered a "script used to
> control compilation" in GPL acception, even if it does this. It is not
> included in the kernel sources, it is generated by other scripts
> (kconfig.tk for example, which is also generated). This is like, for
> example, intermediar .s files generated from .c ones. Nobody would bother
> to include this in the sources.
>
> I don't think it should be included in the kernel sources because you
> can generate it by yourself (of course, you want to know theirs). So, they
> might not be forced to give you the .config file.
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Catalin
>
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