Re: Printing Kernel Options

[Micah Yoder <LYoder cyberis net>]

Bob Dippold wrote:

> Does anyone know of a command that I can execute that will list all of the
> kernel options presented during a "make config" and their current status in
> the kernel build? I would like to have this documentation for the file and
> for reference
> prior to re-compiling my kernel. I have considered picking my way through
> /proc
> but that seemed a bit tedious.
> 
> My reference books are dog eared at this point with no solution but I expect
> the
> command exists.

It's DEFINITELY not possible.  There was a debate on the kernel list
about this very issue.  What would be required is for the kernel build
itself to save all the options.  Someone once proposed adding a /proc
file that would list them all, but Linus shot it down saying it would
waste space, and I think there was another disadvantage as well.

So what is needed is simply to keep all your configuration files and
somehow find a way to associate them with each kernel you build.

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