Re: Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore

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* Vivek Goyal <[email protected]> [2007-07-16 14:25]:
> 
> Ok. Now there seems to be two ways for accessing such info.
> - Through global variables
> - Export through ELF notes.
> 
> Personally, I like the approach taken by Dan Aloni of exporting required
> info through ELF notes. That seems to be more standard in the sense we 
> are not dependent on somebody removing above variable tomorrow.
> 
> Dan, are you planning to put the modified patch for discussions on LKML?

You mean the proposal with the makedumpfile-compatible ELF note?
Although I like that idea, I think Ken'ichi Ohmichi was against it.


Thanks,
   Bernhard
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