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From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] UML: hard-code the result of 'uname -s'
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----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "masahiroy" <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> We rely on 'uname -s' returning 'Linux' because there are os-Linux/
> directories, but no other os-*/.
> 
> Supporting a non-Linux host is unlikely to happen.
> 
> Let's hard-code 'Linux'.

While I agree that a non-Linux version is unlikely I'd like to
know why we can't keep the uname -s check?
I guess to avoid unnecessary command execution?

Thanks,
//richard