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From: Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>
To: Christian Hesse <mail@earthworm.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kernel .patches support
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:38:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42BB39EA.5080109@opersys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200506232358.34897.mail@earthworm.de>


Christian Hesse wrote:
> every time I apply a patch to my kernel tree I (or my scripts) make an
> 
> echo $PATCHNAME $PATCHVERSION >> .patches
> 
> This patch makes the file accessible via /proc/patches.gz. I think this can be 
> handy if you want to know what patches you (or your distributor) applied to 
> your running kernel...

I haven't looked at the implementation, but I love the functionality.

Karim
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-23 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-23 21:58 [PATCH] Kernel .patches support Christian Hesse
2005-06-23 22:38 ` Karim Yaghmour [this message]
2005-06-24  6:02 ` Ian Campbell
2005-06-24  7:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-06-24  8:57   ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-06-24 20:48     ` Christian Hesse
2005-06-24 21:03   ` Christian Hesse
2005-06-24 22:31     ` Adrian Bunk

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