linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add ELF note with Linux version

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Message-ID: <46DFD825.2020109@goop.org>
Date:	Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:36:21 +0100
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Dan Aloni <da-x@...atomic.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add ELF note with Linux version

Bernhard Walle wrote:
> This patch adds version information to the ELF kernel file. Together
> with the bzImage version information, this allows distributions to
> identify the kernel version based on the file name.
>   

Seems reasonable to me, but I think the macro could be just called
"ELFNOTE".

    J
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