/boot/config <--What is it?

rignes · 05-05-2004, 05:50 PM

I'm wondering, what is the purpose of the /boot/config file?

Thanks,

Brian

Electro · 05-05-2004, 06:53 PM

Your kernel config file.

rignes · 05-05-2004, 07:09 PM

Does anything reference it for any purpose? Or is it simply there for my reference to how my stock kernel was built?

Electro · 05-06-2004, 01:07 AM

When you want to compile the latest kernel, it uses /boot/config. Though you have to run make oldconfig in the kernel directory.

rignes · 05-06-2004, 12:08 PM

Ahhh! That answers another question of mine! I was eventually going to ask wha make oldconfig did.

Thanks.

Brian