Re: RFC -- /proc/patches to track development

[Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com>]

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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