[nzlug] Kernel Information?!?

[Craig Box]

On Nov 29, 2007 11:45 PM, Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've looking over an older server and have been told that someone
> compiled it themselves (this person is long since gone). I was
> wondering, is there somewhere with a list of things from the config.gz
> file, found in the /proc directory (if this feature has been enabled),
> that gives a description of what each of the lines does? I.e.
> CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=y


Copy it to .config in your kernel source directory, run 'make oldconfig' if
necessary, and then 'make menuconfig' for the nice "graphical" set-up
program.

If you're running SUSE, there is a 'make cloneconfig' step that will
conveniently copy /proc/config.gz for you.

Otherwise, all the help text is in "Kconfig" files in the kernel source.

Craig