kernel config question

[Lagrosse]

Now that I have almost everything working, networking included, I can ask another question I've ran into.

While searching through almost every file that is in this installation I came across this in /boot/config-2.4.8-26mdk file

 

# Processor type and features

#

# CONFIG_M386 is not set

# CONFIG_M486 is not set

CONFIG_M586=y

# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set

# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set

Now this machine is an i586MMX, it even displays it on the boot screen and in all the system detect files and hard drake. So why didn't the install detect it and take advantage of it, or is there something that I'm not aware of.

 

<note to admin> I did try search on this question first. Tried different search parameters with no joy.

[bvc]

Install is i586 for everyone. The /boot/config-2.4.8-26mdk file is a copy of

/usr/src/linux/.config

IF the kernel-source-2.4.8-26mdk is installed. If you were to do a custom compile, one of the steps when the actual compile is done is (while in the linux dir);

cp .config /boot/config-x.x.x-xmdk

 

So, what you see is a copy of the config file for a precompiled kernel to generically install on the generic i586 arch.

 

Does that answer your question?

[Lagrosse]

ahhhhh!!, (light coming on)

I understood that it was a copy of the install config files.

I was not aware that i586 was a generic install. I, erroneously it seems, thought there was some detection involved during install. I've seen the different kernels in the RPMs so I had thought they loaded as needed.

live and learn

Thank you.

[Sarissi]

Yes, there is alot that is different with Linux vs Windows.