The patch titled allow /proc/config.gz to be built as a module has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is allow-proc-configgz-to-be-built-as-a-module.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: allow /proc/config.gz to be built as a module From: Ross Biro <rossb@xxxxxxxxxx> The driver for /proc/config.gz consumes rather a lot of memory and it is in fact possible to build it as a module. In some ways this is a bit risky, because the .config which is used for compiling kernel/configs.c isn't necessarily the same as the .config which was used to build vmlinux. But OTOH the potential memory savings are decent, and it'd be fairly dumb to build your configs.o with a different .config. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~allow-proc-configgz-to-be-built-as-a-module init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~allow-proc-configgz-to-be-built-as-a-module +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ config AUDITSYSCALL ensure that INOTIFY is configured. config IKCONFIG - bool "Kernel .config support" + tristate "Kernel .config support" ---help--- This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rossb@xxxxxxxxxx are add-a-missing-space-that-prevents-building-modules-that-require-host-programs.patch allow-proc-configgz-to-be-built-as-a-module.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html