Why no /proc/config.gz on FC-3 kernel?

Sean seanlkml at sympatico.ca
Sun Nov 28 01:08:26 UTC 2004


On Sat, November 27, 2004 8:06 pm, Timothy Murphy said:

> However, if you are going to save .config, I don't see any advantage
> in _not_ doing it as suggested by Torvalds (or his team).

Hi Timothy,

The advantage, however small, is a savings of RAM.   Loading it into /proc
consumes RAM where leaving it in /boot only consumes drive space.

Cheers,
Sean





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