From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: masahiroy@kernel.org, michal.lkml@markovi.net,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: simplify access to the kernel's version
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:37:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YCaurki1DFU6r79Z@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210212162924.2269887-1-sashal@kernel.org>
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:29:24AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Instead of storing the version in a single integer and having various
> kernel (and userspace) code how it's constructed, export individual
> (major, patchlevel, sublevel) components and simplify kernel code that
> uses it.
>
> This should also make it easier on userspace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-12 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-12 16:29 [PATCH v2] kbuild: simplify access to the kernel's version Sasha Levin
2021-02-12 16:37 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-02-13 4:40 ` Masahiro Yamada
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