INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE in GENERIC (Was: msgbuf default size...)

Paul Schenkeveld fb-arch at psconsult.nl
Tue Aug 29 17:19:25 UTC 2006


On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 02:46:04PM +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> [...]
> > For similar reasons, I would like to ask for including the
> > option INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE by default in GENERIC.  It only
> > requires about 10 KB of space, but it can be extremely
> > helful.  I've quite often seen people asking how to recover
> > their kernel configuration (e.g. lost during an update).
> > INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE would have saved their day ...
> 
> Seconded.  Was about to propose that myself.

All (about 100) FreeBSD machines I manage have a custom kernel with
this option always added.  So please add my Yeah vote to the list.

-- Paul Schenkeveld


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