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bin/53020: Enhancement: uname(1) should be able to read a kernel image file
>Number: 53020
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: teach uname(1) to read kernel image file
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 12 23:50:00 +0000 2018
>Originator: Paul Goyette
>Release: NetBSD 8.99.12
>Organization:
+------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: |
| (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee dot com |
| Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd dot org |
+------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+
>Environment:
System: NetBSD speedy.whooppee.com 8.99.12 NetBSD 8.99.12 (SPEEDY 2018-02-12 00:00:12 UTC) #3: Mon Feb 12 06:57:12 UTC 2018 paul%speedy.whooppee.com@localhost:/build/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/SPEEDY amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
It would be useful for uname(1) to be able to extract the operating system
details from an arbitrary kernel image, via /dev/kmem grovelling, in
addition to being able to extract from the running OS via uname(3).
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Unformatted:
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