Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [RFC] adding support for .patches and /proc/patches.gz | Date | Tue, 11 May 2004 14:37:13 -0400 |
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Jon Oberheide wrote: > Greetings, > > This feature has been brought up several times before, as can be seen > here: > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.3/0798.html > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0203.1/0598.html > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9803.0/0223.html > > For those unfamiliar, a file linux/.patches would be adding to the > source tree. When applying patches to the source tree, descriptive > information would be written to .patches. After compilation and running > of this kernel, the .patches information would be accessible through > /proc/patches.gz; similar to the /proc/config.gz feature.
The first question would be, patches between the current kernel and what? Vendor kernel, people may not have it. Kernel.org kernal, just the patches to a current vendor kernel diff would be pretty huge in some cases.
Let's say it looks like a high cost/benefit ratio, would be much less effective unless it were used for every patch, and feels like something you might want to do within an organization rather than as a general practice.
Sorry, you asked for comments...
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