Re: Yet another [cross] installer

[Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>]

> Namely, if there was ALWAYS a way (which could not be turned off) to 
> extract a kernel's configuration (in a format which could be plunked into 
> /usr/src/linux and used to build new modules) from the running kernel, 
> things would be much simpler.

The config is generally fairly easy to figure out. The hard bit is the random 
pile of patches they've applied.

In the medium/long term building modules against a fixed binary kernel isn't a 
satisfactory solution. You really need to be able to rebuild the whole thing.

Paul