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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add ELF note with Linux version
    Andrew Morton wrote:
    > On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:36:21 +0100
    > Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
    >
    >
    >> Bernhard Walle wrote:
    >>
    >>> This patch adds version information to the ELF kernel file. Together
    >>> with the bzImage version information, this allows distributions to
    >>> identify the kernel version based on the file name.
    >>>
    >>>
    >> Seems reasonable to me, but I think the macro could be just called
    >> "ELFNOTE".
    >>
    >>
    >
    > You removed Bernhard from the cc list.
    >

    Didn't mean to... Oh, he has a "mail-followup-to" header which doesn't
    include himself...

    > I'd like to know a little bit more about why this is needed, how it will be
    > used, etc. And given that this feature is intended to improve life for
    > distributors, it would be nice to get some feedback from the appropriate
    > persons.

    Hm, yes. ELF notes don't appear in the bzImage, since it isn't an ELF
    file, so perhaps this doesn't satisfy the requirement. It would help to
    have more detail.

    J
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