Re: How do you tell what options are compiled in your kernel

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On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 09:51, Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> 
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > The easiest way is to do a make "oldconfig".  That will load all of your old
> > configuration and then do a "make xconfig" or which ever one you use.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Forgive me for not yet being a kernel expert.  Before I do this what 
> exactly does "make oldconfig" do?
> 
> Where does it get the config file from?
> 
> Does it grab the config file that matches the running kernel?
Check out the following link and see if it clears up some of your
questions:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-custom-kernel.html

hth Bret


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