Re: [Sheflug] random crashes - how to prepare bug report?

[Will Newton <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 10 Dec 2001 4:30 pm, you wrote:

> I've been wanting to upgrade the kernel from the RH7.2-supplied one for
> a while now, but I'd like to find out first with what supports that
> particular 2.4.7-10 kernel has been compiled with and what patches had
> been applied on it. Anyone an idea where to find a list of that stuff?

SuSE has a /proc/config patch that allows the .config file the kernel was 
built with to be read. RedHat may now include this egregious hack. Otherwise, 
the only way I can think is to download the kernel src.rpm and extract the 
.config file. However, because it is so heavily patched it may prove 
troublesome to get it working. The general idea is:

1. Get ".config" from kernel src.rpm.
2. Extract vanilla kernel and copy ".config" to it's directory.
3. make oldconfig on the new kernel.
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