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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/4] Fix the binary ipc and uts namespace sysctls.
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Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> writes:

> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 03:40:35PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> writes:
>>
>> > the linux banner needs some attention too, when I get
>> > around, I'll send a patch for that ...
>>
>> In what sense?
>>
>> I have trouble seeing the banner printed at bootup as being problematic.
>
> was it removed from procfs after 2.6.19-rc6
> (/proc/version sorry, haven't checked yet)

I see where you are coming from. Yes that is a potential issue,
because ultimately that information is utsname information. Given
that we don't allow any of that information to be changed currently
that isn't a 2.6.19 issue.

Given that it is a don't care as long as we generate the same string
I don't see a problem with a patch to modify it, to track changes in
the current uts namespace.

Eric
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