On Friday 07 February 2003 00:47, Paul M Foster wrote:
> When you get a distro, you typically install a particular binary kernel
> image, say 2.4.18. Now, if you also install kernel source for that level
> kernel from the same distro, there are certain default modules and such
> which are selected already in the .config file. Does anyone happen to
> know if those defaults are selected by the distro maker, and if they
> reflect those that were used in building the binary kernel image you
> installed?
Yes and yes. The distro maker selects the default .config options and builds
the binary kernel image you install.
Most distro binary kernels come with a /boot/config-{version} file now with a
copy of the .config used to build the kernel. Kernels 2.4.19 an newer can be
compiled with a kernel option to report the .config file used via a
/proc/config interface.
If you have the .config file, and the source used to build the kernel, you can
build the identical image of a distribution binary version.
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