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Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>
To: Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk dot ukuu dot org dot uk>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission dot com>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan at infradead dot org>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>, Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap at xenotime dot net>, akpm at osdl dot org, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:19:50 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
References: <20060712184412.2BD57180061@magilla.sf.frob.com> <44B54EA4.5060506@redhat.com> <20060712195349.GW3823@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz> <44B556E5.5000702@zytor.com> <m1k66i8ql5.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> <1152739766.3217.83.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <m1bqru8p36.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> <1152741665.3217.85.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <44B57191.5000802@zytor.com> <m1zmfe794e.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> <1152745664.22943.115.camel@localhost.localdomain>

Alan Cox wrote:


[Disclaimer: There is a patent issue around this technique but its not
one that will impact GPL code as permissions are given for GPL use.]

glibc is (and has to be) LGPL.

Anyway, it seems absolutely insane that having a programmable threshold for spinning is patented...

-hpa

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  - From: Jakub Jelinek
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: H. Peter Anvin
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: Arjan van de Ven
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: Arjan van de Ven
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: H. Peter Anvin
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
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- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
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