Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r | Date | Sun, 06 May 2001 17:15:45 +1000 |
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A frequent requirement is to rename vmlinuz-2.x.y to 2.x.y-old or 2.x.y.save to preserve a working kernel. But renaming the image does not change the value of uname -r so it still tries to use modules 2.x.y, which defeats the purpose of saving an working kernel.
Normally I would say that this is a user space problem but it requires finding every program that uses uname(2) and every script that uses uname -r and changing them, not practical (modutils, alsa, pciutils, /etc/rc.d, mkinitrd etc.). Instead this small patch to the kernel adds the boot time option unamersfx (uname -r suffix). Rename a kernel image from 2.x.y to 2.x.y.foo, rename /lib/modules/2.x.y to 2.x.y.foo and boot with unamersfx=.foo to safely pick up the old kernel.
Objects that "know" the value of uname -r that they were compiled with will not work with unamersfx. Are there any?
Against 2.4.4.
Index: 4.1/init/main.c --- 4.1/init/main.c Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:38:57 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/k/11_main.c 1.1.5.1.1.4 644) +++ 4.1(w)/init/main.c Sun, 06 May 2001 16:50:44 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/k/11_main.c 1.1.5.1.1.4 644) @@ -405,10 +405,20 @@ static int __init quiet_kernel(char *str return 1; } +static int __init unamersfx(char *str) +{ + int l1 = strlen(system_utsname.release), l2 = strlen(str); + if ((l1 + l2) > sizeof(system_utsname.release)) + return 0; + memcpy(system_utsname.release+l1, str+1, l2); + return 1; +} + __setup("ro", readonly); __setup("rw", readwrite); __setup("debug", debug_kernel); __setup("quiet", quiet_kernel); +__setup("unamersfx", unamersfx); /* * This is a simple kernel command line parsing function: it parses Index: 4.1/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- 4.1/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Sun, 22 Apr 2001 08:26:07 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/V/c/21_kernel-par 1.1.1.1.1.1 644) +++ 4.1(w)/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Sun, 06 May 2001 15:39:06 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/V/c/21_kernel-par 1.1.1.1.1.1 644) @@ -574,7 +574,11 @@ running once the system is up. uart401= [HW,SOUND] uart6850= [HW,SOUND] - + + unamersfx= [KNL] Copy the string as a suffix on the result of + uname -r. Use unamersfx=.xxx if you have renamed your + kernel and modules from foo to foo.xxx + usbfix [BUGS=IA-64] video= [FB] frame buffer configuration. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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