custom kernel config

Logan Rathbone logan.rathbone-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 5 23:02:41 UTC 2005


On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 07:37:34 -0500
James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

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> >   I run Fedora Core 3 and my current kernel comes from an RPM. Is this 
> > possible? Is there some way to base a new downloaded kernel's initial 
> > config on the running kernel? Thanks!
> 
> It's been a while since I've done it, but IIRC, there's a file, that 
> contains the config of the current kernel.

Yes that's correct.  It's called `.config' and it's located in the root directory of the kernel's source code.  You should be able to copy this file from kernel to kernel within reason.
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