On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Diego Biurrun wrote: > Hello! > > I was wondering if it is possible to embed my email address into > homegrown kernels. My current kernel greets me with > > > Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) .... > > > but I would much prefer something like > > > Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) .... > > > It's not a big deal of course, but it would sure be neat.
You can (and should) compile your kernels as a non-root user. This will get your username in there (something like [EMAIL PROTECTED]). If that's not good enough for you, then you can change linux/arch/i386/setup.s to something that you like. In my kernel, you would change line 727, but you can search for LINUX_COMPILE_HOST. If you changed that to "biurrun.de", then you would get the desired effect. Just be sure not to send Linus any patches with that. ;) Cheers, Chris -- Got jag? http://www.tribsoft.com
