linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least)

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Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:33:34 +0100
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steve Fox <drfickle@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least)

On Mon, Dec 11, Andy Whitcroft wrote:

> 	# get_kernel_version /boot/vmlinuz-autobench
> 	%s

It expects the content from `cat /proc/version`:

...
      for (i = 0; i < in; i++)
        if (buffer[i] == 'L' && buffer[i+1] == 'i' &&
            buffer[i+2] == 'n' && buffer[i+3] == 'u' &&
            buffer[i+4] == 'x' && buffer[i+5] == ' ' &&
            buffer[i+6] == 'v' && buffer[i+7] == 'e' &&
            buffer[i+8] == 'r' && buffer[i+9] == 's' &&
            buffer[i+10] == 'i' && buffer[i+11] == 'o' &&
            buffer[i+12] == 'n' && buffer[i+13] == ' ')
          { 
            found = 1;
            break;
          } 
...

The change breaks the assumption:
 const char linux_banner[] =
-       "Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
-       LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "\n";
+       "Linux version %s (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
+       LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n";

Please revert this change.
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