Subject: Re: id-strings in kernel
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/28/1999 14:13:17
In article <xof677mf0k1.fsf@blubb.pdc.kth.se> joda@pdc.kth.se (Johan Danielsson) writes:
>
>$ ident /netbsd
>/netbsd:
>     $NetBSD: wscons_glue.c,v 1.5 1999/01/18 20:03:59 drochner Exp $
>     $NetBSD: wsdisplay.c,v 1.21 1999/03/13 14:46:20 drochner Exp $
>     $NetBSD: wsemulconf.c,v 1.3 1998/06/15 17:10:37 drochner Exp $
>     $NetBSD: wsemul_dumb.c,v 1.6 1999/01/17 15:44:57 drochner Exp $
>     $NetBSD: wsevent.c,v 1.3 1999/01/10 00:28:21 augustss Exp $
>     $NetBSD: wskbd.c,v 1.19 1999/01/26 17:08:37 drochner Exp $
>     $NetBSD: wsmouse.c,v 1.6 1999/01/10 18:22:14 augustss Exp $
>
>That wscons has id-strings is obviously not correct, but wouldn't it
>be a good idea to be able to put strings in your kernel (via some
>option); making it easier to compare two kernels?

When we go to ELF we can do this and avoid having them loaded.

christos