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

From: Ian Wienand <ianw at gelato dot unsw dot edu dot au>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission dot com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan at infradead dot org>, "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: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:27:13 +1000
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> <44B5D77F.60200@redhat.com>

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:17:51PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> I guess I should try to come up with a representation for this
> knowledge.

Sounds a little like the "Machine Description" as mentioned in the
UltraSPARC Virtual Machine Specification, Chapter 8

http://opensparc.sunsource.net/specs/Hypervisor-api-current-draft.pdf

-i

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References:
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: Roland McGrath
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
  - 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: Ulrich Drepper

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