Well, I would think it is possible... but, definitly not trivial. Using the different strings found in the kernel and/or System.map and comparing them to the names found in the source it might be possible... You would also need to know where the modules are stored (ie. /lib/modules/`uname -r`/) too find out what was configured as modules. Even then, some options that was set might be forgotten... Christian Vik (yes, I am a kernel newbie...) -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org]Pa vegne av Seth Arnold Sendt: 24. juni 2002 07:16 Til: 'kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org' Emne: Re: Determining config options? On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:02:19PM +1000, Steven Micallef wrote: > It is possible to determine the configuration options a kernel was compiled > with purely from the kernel binary itself? Ideally I would like to find this > out without booting the kernel, however any suggestions would be helpful. If you got the kernel from a vendor, chances are good the source RPM or source DEB has their default .config file located within that you can use as a starting point for your own kernel .config files. There is no mechanism to generate a .config from a kernel binary. -- http://immunix.org/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
