June 18, 2003

Linux Kernel Config

Easily configure your Linux kernel with these simple steps. Learn how to merge your current config from /proc/config and update it with make oldconfig.

I found this one during a Gentoo Linux install today. Instead of merging the config file from different linux sources you can grab your current config from /proc/config. Check it out…
cd /usr/src/linux cat /proc/config > .config make oldconfig
This will ask some questions about differences between your new sources and running kernel.