Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030281AbWJRVGr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030283AbWJRVGr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:47 -0400 Received: from livid.absolutedigital.net ([66.92.46.173]:17419 "EHLO mx2.absolutedigital.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030281AbWJRVGq (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:46 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Cal Peake To: Andrew Morton cc: Linus Torvalds , Albert Cahalan , linux-kernel , ebiederm@xmission.com Subject: Re: sysctl In-Reply-To: <20061018124415.e45ece22.akpm@osdl.org> Message-ID: References: <787b0d920610181123q1848693ajccf7a91567e54227@mail.gmail.com> <20061018124415.e45ece22.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 919 Lines: 25 On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > We should have added the sysctl numbers to that warning. > > Lots of things do sysctl(KERN_VERSION), including FC5's date(1). Andi's > proposal to put some hard-wired KERN_VERSION emulator in there sounds > reasonable to me, depending upon how many other things we'll need to > emulate (which we don't know yet). > > A patch which enhances that printk would be appreciated... I'll take a stab at doing that this evening if nobody beats me to it. - C. -- "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission." -- The Outer Limits - 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/