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proc_config.gz(5)          File Formats Manual         proc_config.gz(5)

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       /proc/config.gz - kernel build configuration

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       /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 following 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.

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       proc(5)

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