From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261896AbVCNVCA (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:02:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261908AbVCNVCA (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:02:00 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([216.27.176.166]:20920 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261896AbVCNVB7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:01:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:01:58 -0800 From: Matt Mackall To: linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] "PREEMPT" in UTS_VERSION Message-ID: <20050314210158.GG32638@waste.org> References: <20050209184011.GB2366@waste.org> <20050314204917.GB17925@mars.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050314204917.GB17925@mars.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:49:17PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:40:11AM -0800, Matt Mackall wrote: > > Add PREEMPT to UTS_VERSION where enabled as is done for SMP to make > > preempt kernels easily identifiable. > I have the following patch in my tree now. It has the advantage that > compile.h gets updated when you change the PREEMPT setting. > > How many scripts parsing the output of `uname -v` will break because of > this? None that wouldn't have already broken from free-form extraversion and vendor version crap, I suspect. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.