From: "Garst R. Reese" <reese@isn.net>
To: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: small feature request
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 04:51:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C0F319A.329807B9@isn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200112060658.fB66wtp351314@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:
>
> Keith Owens writes:
> > "Garst R. Reese" <reese@isn.net> wrote:
>
> >> Would it possible to put a header on System.map indicating the kernel
> >> version?
> >> Sometimes my little brain forgets what kernel System.old is for.
> >
> > It is on my list for kbuild 2.5, once I start on the new design for
>
> Nooooo!!!!!
>
> Don't break stuff by adding headers. There is already a version
> in the file. It's in decimal, which sucks, but this will find it:
>
> grep ' Version_' System.map
>
> Adding a random 128-bit ID might be nice, as long as it's done
> in the same sort of way and is available via /proc. Something
> like this would do: kern_128_id_UkZd1JLdOvAsALfFEL1UI
That grep does not distinguish extra versions.
Garst
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-06 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-01 0:23 small feature request Garst R. Reese
2001-12-01 1:51 ` george anzinger
2001-12-01 11:49 ` Thomas Hofer
2001-12-01 3:25 ` Keith Owens
2001-12-01 3:42 ` Garst R. Reese
2001-12-06 6:58 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-12-06 7:33 ` Keith Owens
2001-12-06 8:51 ` Garst R. Reese [this message]
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