From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] XENVER_build_id: Provide ld-embedded build-ids (v8) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:16:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20160125151656.GA25247@char.us.oracle.com> References: <1452219920-14043-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> <1452219920-14043-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> <5695370702000078000C6047@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160112164301.GC17685@char.us.oracle.com> <56953F2D02000078000C60DB@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta4.messagelabs.com ([85.158.143.247]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aNitF-0006V2-8i for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:17:13 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56953F2D02000078000C60DB@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Jan Beulich Cc: wei.liu2@citrix.com, ian.campbell@citrix.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com, mpohlack@amazon.de, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org > > > Or are you suggesting that perhaps the kernel should at boot time > > print the build-id (like it does the changset)? > > Perhaps, albeit to me that's a bit orthogonal to being able to find out > the build ID for a given binary. I looked in the mkelf32 and it looks quite easy to make the resulting xen.gz have the .note section. But I am at lost for the EFI file. Could you suggest some ideas of what type of PE/COFF section it should be put in? Or good specs to consult? Thank you!