linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add a personality to report 2.6.x version numbers

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Date:	Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:04:04 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a personality to report 2.6.x version numbers

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>> It does not work if / on a ROM, unless you start using trampoline
>> partition, but this is starting to become really convoluted...
>
> On a ROM you never change the kernel.
>
For this particular board, the kernel is on a small read-write NOR
flash, and the userland on write-protected NAND chip.

> Besides who uses ROMs now when there is flash?
>
this is totally irrelevant to the problem...

 - Arnaud
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