Re: [PATCH] show patch names

Neil Conway (nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:55:55 +0000

Oliver Xymoron wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > > This four-line patch provides a means for listing what patches have been
> > > built into a kernel. This will help track non-standard kernel versions,
> > > such as those released by Redhat, or Alan's ac series, etc. more easily.
> >
> > I just want to second this. I think it is very usefull to list
> > patches: we are approaching stable series and there are lots of
> > patches for stable series.
>
> Unfortunately, this has probably come up way too late for 2.2, which is a
> shame because that's precisely where it's valuable. Maybe all the
> distribution vendors will pick it up independently. :) My patch that
> builds .config into the kernel (I'll post it later today after I test it a
> bit) stands a couple orders of magnitude less chance, though it has quite
> a bit more diagnostic value.

I think both are probably a good idea, on balance. The .config
inclusion needn't use more than about 1200 bytes at the extreme (if
compressed, judging by mine), and one could hardly argue that this patch
would break stuff... For space-conscious folk we can always make it a
config option ;-))
As for the patch-listing patch, I'd have it in my kernel.

Neil

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