Re: [PATCH] Add ELF note with Linux version

Bernhard Walle wrote:
> This patch adds version information to the ELF kernel file. Together
> with the bzImage version information, this allows distributions to
> identify the kernel version based on the file name.
>   

Seems reasonable to me, but I think the macro could be just called
"ELFNOTE".

    J
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