Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:14:17 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Riccardo Facchetti <> | Subject | Re: [IDEA] Developers: your opinion badly needed ! (Was: [PATCH] |
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Horkan Smith wrote:
> How about a crc-32 of either the kernel or the System.map file stamped > into both? Actually, a 32 bit random is probably good enough.... > > You could even put most of the work in user space - read a /proc/kernelid or > /proc/mapid that just reports the number, then user space (rc files?) > looks thru the (locally defined) list of possible locations, and writes > it to /proc/locations/System.map > > Yah, it'll miss once in a *very* great while, but not often! Besides, > this way they stay separate files that won't bloat loaded image or > disk/diskette size. Of course, if you can't find those files, you're > in the same shape we are today.... > > I think the kernelid is a better choice, because you can stamp .config > files & other stuff the same way, w/ the same number.
Here the good idea. A set of paths where kernel image is likely to be found and a cdc32 to match the right image. Not foolproof, but near to be!
Ciao, Riccardo.
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