Re: [PATCH] "PREEMPT" in UTS_VERSION

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Mon Mar 14 2005 - 16:03:39 EST


On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:49:17PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:40:11AM -0800, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > Add PREEMPT to UTS_VERSION where enabled as is done for SMP to make
> > preempt kernels easily identifiable.
> I have the following patch in my tree now. It has the advantage that
> compile.h gets updated when you change the PREEMPT setting.
>
> How many scripts parsing the output of `uname -v` will break because of
> this?

None that wouldn't have already broken from free-form extraversion and
vendor version crap, I suspect.

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