kconfig.1m (2010 09)

kconﬁg(1M) kconﬁg(1M)

1 The requested operation could not be performed immediately as requested, and is being held pend-

ing until the next boot. If -D

was speciﬁed, this return value indicates that there are conﬁguration

changes being held for next boot.

2 The requested operation failed. A diagnostic message is printed.

EXAMPLES

To save the current kernel conﬁguration to "myconﬁg":

$ kconfig -s myconfig

To delete the saved conﬁguration "useless":

$ kconfig -d useless

To export the current kernel conﬁguration:

$ kconfig -e /tmp/myconfig.system

To import a kernel conﬁguration:

$ kconfig -i /tmp/myconfig.system

To rename a conﬁguration:

$ kconfig -r myconfig savedconfig

To load the "nighttime" conﬁguration and apply it immediately:

$ kconfig -l nighttime

To use the "approved" conﬁguration at next boot:

$ kconfig -n approved

To discard changes being held pending for next boot:

$ kconfig -H

To add a description to a conﬁguration:

$ kconfig -t approved "Changes approved by management"

To get a list of all saved conﬁgurations:

$ kconfig

To get details of a saved conﬁguration:

$ kconfig -v myconfig