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

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:56:59 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dan Aloni <da-x@...atomic.org>,
	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add ELF note with Linux version

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:36:21 +0100
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> 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".
>>
>>     
>
> You removed Bernhard from the cc list.
>   

Didn't mean to... Oh, he has a "mail-followup-to" header which doesn't
include himself...

> I'd like to know a little bit more about why this is needed, how it will be
> used, etc.  And given that this feature is intended to improve life for
> distributors, it would be nice to get some feedback from the appropriate
> persons.

Hm, yes.  ELF notes don't appear in the bzImage, since it isn't an ELF
file, so perhaps this doesn't satisfy the requirement.  It would help to
have more detail.

    J
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