linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add kernel parameter for kernel version

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Message-ID: <5384F034.8030303@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 13:06:12 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>, eric.ernst@...ux.intel.com
CC:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mark.gross@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add kernel parameter for kernel version

On 05/27/2014 12:48 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:40 PM,  <eric.ernst@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> From: Eric Ernst <eric.ernst@...ux.intel.com>
>>
>> Create a kernel cmdline parameter, "version_addendum", which can be
>> used to add text to the kernel version that is reported from
>> /proc/version.
> 
> Why?
> 
> What is the intended purpose of this and why would someone want to use it?

and if the patch were to continue to live, it needs a Documentation addition
to kernel-parameters.txt.

-- 
~Randy
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