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From: "Garst R. Reese" <reese@isn.net>
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To: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
CC: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: small feature request
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"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:
> 
> Keith Owens writes:
> > "Garst R. Reese" <reese@isn.net> wrote:
> 
> >> Would it possible to put a header on System.map indicating the kernel
> >> version?
> >> Sometimes my little brain forgets what kernel System.old is for.
> >
> > It is on my list for kbuild 2.5, once I start on the new design for
> 
> Nooooo!!!!!
> 
> Don't break stuff by adding headers. There is already a version
> in the file. It's in decimal, which sucks, but this will find it:
> 
> grep ' Version_' System.map
> 
> Adding a random 128-bit ID might be nice, as long as it's done
> in the same sort of way and is available via /proc. Something
> like this would do:  kern_128_id_UkZd1JLdOvAsALfFEL1UI
That grep does not distinguish extra versions.
Garst
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