installed kernel configuration

or do what I do. Get the src.rpm of the kernels from Redhat. install it (rpm
-ivh kernel*.src.rpm), then go to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and look for the
config files there. They are usually named kernel-<version>-<proc type>-<build
type>.config.

e.g. kernel-2.4.18-i686-enterprise.config

copy that to /usr/src/linux/.config

Now you have the config that redhat used.

"Robert A. Klahn" wrote:
>
> Bad Me......
>
> > In RedHat, if you are using the default kernel for your distribution level, you can recreate the .config by downloading the kernel source (www.kernel.org) and doing a make oldconfig. QoS is ON in the RedHat 2.4.9 kernels, which is what RedHat 7.2 is based upon, with all the various QoS modules compliled as modules.
>
> This is not quite right. The only way that "make oldconfig" works is if you get the kernel source by installing the "kernel-source" (and maybe the "kernel-headers") RPMs (note: not the "kernel" SRPMs) from RedHat. Using the kernel sources from www.kernel.org, as I originally suggested, will not work.
>
> Bob.
>
> > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:13:28 -0700
> > From: "Robert A. Klahn" <rklahn@acm.org>
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: installed kernel configuration
> > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >
> > The real answer here is "Dont ever loose your .config". If you rolled your own kernel, you will find it in /usr/src/linux (or wherever you built your source out of, but "linux" is the default).
> >
> > In RedHat, if you are using the default kernel for your distribution level, you can recreate the .config by downloading the kernel source (www.kernel.org) and doing a make oldconfig. QoS is ON in the RedHat 2.4.9 kernels, which is what RedHat 7.2 is based upon, with all the various QoS modules compliled as modules.
> >
> > In Debian, you will find a copy of the .config in /boot, called "config-<version>", without the dot in front. <distro_war> Much nicer. </distro_war>
> >
> > If you are going to try and use QoS on a 2.2 kernel, think twice. Things in QoS got a lot better in 2.4. You may also find the Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control HOWTO at http://lartc.org/HOWTO//cvs/2.4routing/output/2.4routing.html useful, if you have not found it yet.
> >
> > Bob.
>
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