Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:15:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:15:06 -0400 Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.16]:40201 "EHLO mailout00.sul.t-online.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:14:51 -0400 Date: 02 Apr 2001 20:57:00 +0200 From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <7z5pl1CHw-B@khms.westfalen.de> In-Reply-To: <3AC7C719.3080403@kalifornia.com> Subject: Re: bug database braindump from the kernel summit X-Mailer: CrossPoint v3.12d.kh5 R/C435 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Organisation? Me?! Are you kidding? In-Reply-To: <3AC7C719.3080403@kalifornia.com> X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Comment: Unsolicited commercial mail will incur an US$100 handling fee per received mail. X-Fix-Your-Modem: +++ATS2=255&WO1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ben@kalifornia.com (Ben Ford) wrote on 01.04.01 in <3AC7C719.3080403@kalifornia.com>: > Why not have the /proc/config option but instead of being plain text, > make it binary with a userspace app that can interpret it? > > It could have a signature as to kernel version + patches and the rest > would be just bits. > You'd have > 2.4.3-pre3:1101111100000100000000 . . . . . Another option would be to put a checksum of the config, and still keep the config separate - at least you could tell if you had the right config for the kernel. MfG Kai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/