Cannot find system map file

[Net Llama]

--- ajlewis2 at intac.com wrote:
> [This message has also been posted.]
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:59:57 -0800 (PST), Net Llama wrote:
> 
> >> Would the .config file be in /usr/src/linux if the person had not
> >> compiled
> >> the kernel previously?  
> > 
> > It should come as part of the kernel-source RPM that Caldera
> provides. 
> > I can't say for sure, since the last kernel RPM I played with was
> 2.2.5.
> > 
> 
> That doesn't seem to be the case for other distros, because I have had
> problems when doing a recompile of the kernel after a fresh install
> and not
> getting things like PPP or Sound in it.  Isn't the kernel altered
> during the
> installation process - well at least the modules being used vary
> depending
> on the system, right?  So how would the .config file from a
> kernel-source
> contain the information on what a person's current kernel has.  

Because a distro builds every single module in existence, and you use
the ones you actually need.  

> What I'm getting at is that it is easy on the first recompile to omit
> things
> that are needed especially when they are not there by default (like
> PPP) and
> it would be most helpful to just be able to have that .config file and
> run
> 'make oldconfig' or 'make menuconfig' and add or subtract from a known
> entitiy.

If some distros don't provide the .config, that's one issue, however if
they are providing it (and i'm fairly certain that some do) then you
could certainly use it to rebuild the kernel exactly as they provided it originally.

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