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Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission 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: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:53:49 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision
- References: <20060712184412.2BD57180061@magilla.sf.frob.com> <44B54EA4.5060506@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:33:56PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Roland McGrath wrote:
> > We could also put the uname info (modulo nodename) into the vDSO.
>
> Or even better: real topology information.
AND rather than OR would be even better. So glibc could find kernel
version, etc. and topology in the vDSO cheaply.
Jakub