Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]> [2007-09-13 23:56]:
>
>>> I'd like to know a little bit more about why this is needed, how it will be
>>> used, etc. And given that this feature is intended to improve life for
>>> distributors, it would be nice to get some feedback from the appropriate
>>> persons.
>>>
>> Hm, yes. ELF notes don't appear in the bzImage, since it isn't an ELF
>> file, so perhaps this doesn't satisfy the requirement. It would help to
>> have more detail.
>>
>
> the bzImage already contains the version (and much more, e.g. if the
> kernel is relocatable, the command line length it accepts). See
> Documentation/i386/boot.txt.
>
Yes, I'm familiar with that. I'm wondering what end result you're
trying to achieve though. What's the specific problem?
J
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