Re: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least)

On Mon, Dec 11, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> strings doesn't work there, it's a compressed image!
Thats why get_kernel_version calls gzip.

> also... can't you just know which vmlinux it is in the first place?

No, you cant.

> (or in other words, why is SLES the only one with the problem?)

Everyone has this "problem". Or how do you know what kernelrelease is
inside a random ELF or bzImage binary?
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