proc_config.gz(5) File Formats Manual proc_config.gz(5)
NAME
/proc/config.gz - kernel build configuration
DESCRIPTION
/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 .config file that resulted when configuring
the kernel (using make xconfig, make config, or similar). The
file contents are compressed; view or search them using zcat(1)
and zgrep(1). As long as no changes have been made to the fol-
lowing file, the contents of /proc/config.gz are the same as
those provided by:
cat /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/.config
/proc/config.gz is provided only if the kernel is configured with
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC.
SEE ALSO
proc(5)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_config.gz(5)
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