Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc
To: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/29/2000 23:07:19
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 11:07:17PM +0200, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> 
> Module Name:	syssrc
> Committed By:	fvdl
> Date:		Fri Dec 29 21:07:17 UTC 2000
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	syssrc/sys/compat/linux/common: linux_misc.c linux_oldolduname.c
> 	    linux_olduname.c linux_types.h
> 
> Log Message:
> Hardcode what the linux uname() calls return (Linux 2.2.5 is the current
> value). A few major applications check for this (like VMware), and
> there is no other way to trick them. Needs a more generic solution
> eventually.

What about a sysctl ? eventually in the proc hierarchy, so that it can
be set pro process ?
It's annoying to have netscape returns linux instead of NetBSD in the
http header :)

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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