Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz

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** Reply to message from Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> on Tue, 29 Aug 2000
18:27:20 -0700

> +CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG
> + Say Y here if you want a copy of your current kernel configuration
> + saved in the kernel that you build. This is extremely useful if you
> + ever build more than one kernel. The cost is around 1K-4K of running
> + memory. Only say no if you really can't spare this. You can sneeze
> + and lose more on memory than this.

Wow, this is incredibly useful!!! Why, or why, isn't this part of the standard
kernel?!?!? It would save so many headaches building kernels.

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