From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263201AbVFXHik (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:38:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263206AbVFXHij (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:38:39 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:50693 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263201AbVFXHg1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:36:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:36:24 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Christian Hesse Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kernel .patches support Message-ID: <20050624073624.GB26545@stusta.de> References: <200506232358.34897.mail@earthworm.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506232358.34897.mail@earthworm.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:58:27PM +0200, Christian Hesse wrote: > Hi everybody, > > every time I apply a patch to my kernel tree I (or my scripts) make an > > echo $PATCHNAME $PATCHVERSION >> .patches > > This patch makes the file accessible via /proc/patches.gz. I think this can be > handy if you want to know what patches you (or your distributor) applied to > your running kernel... >... > Let me know what you think. To be honest, I'm not a fan of it. If e.g. looking at a Debian kernel source that has 289 different patches with names like tty-locking-fixes7 applied, you'll see that this often won't give you much valuable information. You'd need an uniform naming convention for patches across distributions, and I don't think such things are worth the effort. > Regards, > Christian > --- linux-2.6.12+/include/linux/patches.h 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6.12+-patches/include/linux/patches.h 2005-06-23 23:10:15.278685000 +0200 > @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ > +#ifndef _LINUX_PATCHES_H > +#define _LINUX_PATCHES_H > + > +#include > + > +#endif >... What do you need this file for? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed