From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756496Ab1HVBqe (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:46:34 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:34907 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756302Ab1HVBqd (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:46:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:46:28 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Arnaud Lacombe Cc: Andi Kleen , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a personality to report 2.6.x version numbers Message-ID: <20110822014628.GO25996@one.firstfloor.org> References: <1313795710-30827-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <20110821231354.GL25996@one.firstfloor.org> <20110822001121.GN25996@one.firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 09:04:04PM -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> It does not work if / on a ROM, unless you start using trampoline > >> partition, but this is starting to become really convoluted... > > > > On a ROM you never change the kernel. > > > For this particular board, the kernel is on a small read-write NOR > flash, and the userland on write-protected NAND chip. You can use a initrd And hopefully it's not connected to any network, because you can't fix any security holes. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.