Checking whether output of commands matches the ver_linux pattern in the version function is original shell implementation legacy code. When the original implementation failed to locate a particular utility, it generated error output along the lines of: ver_linux:line number: command not found. The awk implementation, does not contain the name of the script within the body of the error message returned by the subshell when a given utility fails to be located. The error message returned is along the lines of: sh: name of utility: command not found Safeguarding against the ver_linux pattern being found in the output being parsed may thus be safely omitted. Signed-off-by: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
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arch | ||
block | ||
certs | ||
crypto | ||
drivers | ||
firmware | ||
fs | ||
include | ||
init | ||
ipc | ||
kernel | ||
lib | ||
mm | ||
net | ||
samples | ||
scripts | ||
security | ||
sound | ||
tools | ||
usr | ||
virt | ||
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Kbuild | ||
Kconfig | ||
MAINTAINERS | ||
Makefile | ||
README |
README
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.