.config for precompiled kernels?

vincebs · 01-15-2005, 11:29 PM

Hey everyone,

I'd like to know where I can find the .config files used to make official Fedora Core RPM kernels. Just so there's a general idea on what options are supported by default.

Thanks,

Vince

mritch · 01-16-2005, 01:15 AM

usually there's a config-<kernel version> in the /boot dir, but i don't think this method will help much, since the precompiled versions have complied nearly everything into them (they have to work on a lot of different machines). use your lspci & dmesg output, your manuals and maybe a look onto your chips to build the kernel with the right options. there's also documentation inthe kernel source about various hardware.

sl mritch.

jschiwal · 01-23-2006, 05:06 PM

If it is enabled in the kernel, there is a /proc/config.gz file of the running kernel. Use zcat and redirect the output to a file where you want it.

Thetargos · 01-23-2006, 07:17 PM

Fedora's RPMs install a file called /boot/config-<kversion>-<distro_version>, so in the case of 2.6.14-1.653 that would be /boot/config-2.6.14-1.653, copy that to your kernel's source tree as .config and you're set.