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diff --git a/man5/proc_config.gz.5 b/man5/proc_config.gz.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d894bd --- /dev/null +++ b/man5/proc_config.gz.5 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later +.\" +.TH proc_config.gz 5 2023-08-15 "Linux man-pages 6.7" +.SH NAME +/proc/config.gz \- kernel build configuration +.SH DESCRIPTION +.TP +.IR /proc/config.gz " (since Linux 2.6)" +This file exposes the configuration options that were used +to build the currently running kernel, +in the same format as they would be shown in the +.I .config +file that resulted when configuring the kernel (using +.IR "make xconfig" , +.IR "make config" , +or similar). +The file contents are compressed; view or search them using +.BR zcat (1) +and +.BR zgrep (1). +As long as no changes have been made to the following file, +the contents of +.I /proc/config.gz +are the same as those provided by: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +cat /lib/modules/$(uname \-r)/build/.config +.EE +.in +.IP +.I /proc/config.gz +is provided only if the kernel is configured with +.BR CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR proc (5) |