installed kernel configuration

[Robert A. Klahn]

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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