Re: [PATCH] Add ELF note with Linux version

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-09-13T21:57:03Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:36:21 +0100
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
>
>
>> Bernhard Walle wrote:
>>
>>> This patch adds version information to the ELF kernel file. Together
>>> with the bzImage version information, this allows distributions to
>>> identify the kernel version based on the file name.
>>>
>>>
>> Seems reasonable to me, but I think the macro could be just called
>> "ELFNOTE".
>>
>>
>
> You removed Bernhard from the cc list.
>

Didn't mean to... Oh, he has a "mail-followup-to" header which doesn't
include himself...

> I'd like to know a little bit more about why this is needed, how it will be
> used, etc. And given that this feature is intended to improve life for
> distributors, it would be nice to get some feedback from the appropriate
> persons.

Hm, yes. ELF notes don't appear in the bzImage, since it isn't an ELF
file, so perhaps this doesn't satisfy the requirement. It would help to
have more detail.

J