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SubjectRe: RFC -- /proc/patches to track development
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:17:03PM -0500, Marty Leisner wrote:
> I always want to know WHAT I'm running (or people I'm working with
> are running) rather than "guessing" ("do you have the most current
> patch" "I think so")
>
> I've been a proponent of capturing .config information SOMEPLACE where
> you can look at it at runtime...(it took a while but its there now).
>
>
> In /proc/patches there would be a series of comments (perhaps including
> file, date and time) of various patches you want to monitor.

[...]

> Seems very easy and has high ROI if you need to track patched kernels
> locally.

Even easier and doesn't need any kernel features or special comments:
use git to track your patches, enable CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO and
uname will tell you exactly what kernel you're running:

erik@kostunrix:~ > uname -r
2.6.18-gf6057327
To see what's different, just use git:

git log --no-merges v2.6.18..f6057327 | git-shortlog
Erik Mouw (1):
2.6.18-rc6 config for kostunrix


Erik

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