Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add kernel parameter for kernel version

[Randy Dunlap]

On 05/27/2014 12:48 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:40 PM,  <eric.ernst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Eric Ernst <eric.ernst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Create a kernel cmdline parameter, "version_addendum", which can be
>> used to add text to the kernel version that is reported from
>> /proc/version.
> 
> Why?
> 
> What is the intended purpose of this and why would someone want to use it?

and if the patch were to continue to live, it needs a Documentation addition
to kernel-parameters.txt.

-- 
~Randy
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