Re: [Devel] Re: [PATCH 3/7] uts namespaces: use init_utsname whenappropriate

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Sam Vilain wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 01:09 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>  
>
> > > -#define ELF_PLATFORM  (system_utsname.machine)
> > > +#define ELF_PLATFORM  (init_utsname()->machine)
> > >
> > > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> > > #define SET_PERSONALITY(ex, ibcs2) do { } while (0)
> > >      
> > I think this one needs to be utsname()->machine.
> > Currently it doesn't matter.  But Herbert has expressed
> > the desire to make a machine appear like an older one.
> >    
>
> This is extremely useful for faking it as "i386" on x86_64 systems, for
> instance.
>  
Could 'setarch' be of any help here? Works fine for us. Or am I missing 
something?
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