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diff --git a/patches/linux-2.6.16.31/x86-elfnote-as-preprocessor-macro.patch b/patches/linux-2.6.16.31/x86-elfnote-as-preprocessor-macro.patch
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+diff -pruN ../orig-linux-2.6.16.29/include/linux/elfnote.h ./include/linux/elfnote.h
+--- ../orig-linux-2.6.16.29/include/linux/elfnote.h 2006-09-19 14:06:10.000000000 +0100
++++ ./include/linux/elfnote.h 2006-09-19 14:06:20.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,22 +31,24 @@
+ /*
+ * Generate a structure with the same shape as Elf{32,64}_Nhdr (which
+ * turn out to be the same size and shape), followed by the name and
+- * desc data with appropriate padding. The 'desc' argument includes
+- * the assembler pseudo op defining the type of the data: .asciz
+- * "hello, world"
++ * desc data with appropriate padding. The 'desctype' argument is the
++ * assembler pseudo op defining the type of the data e.g. .asciz while
++ * 'descdata' is the data itself e.g. "hello, world".
++ *
++ * e.g. ELFNOTE(XYZCo, 42, .asciz, "forty-two")
++ * ELFNOTE(XYZCo, 12, .long, 0xdeadbeef)
+ */
+-.macro ELFNOTE name type desc:vararg
+-.pushsection ".note.\name"
+- .align 4
+- .long 2f - 1f /* namesz */
+- .long 4f - 3f /* descsz */
+- .long \type
+-1:.asciz "\name"
+-2:.align 4
+-3:\desc
+-4:.align 4
+-.popsection
+-.endm
++#define ELFNOTE(name, type, desctype, descdata) \
++.pushsection .note.name ; \
++ .align 4 ; \
++ .long 2f - 1f /* namesz */ ; \
++ .long 4f - 3f /* descsz */ ; \
++ .long type ; \
++1:.asciz "name" ; \
++2:.align 4 ; \
++3:desctype descdata ; \
++4:.align 4 ; \
++.popsection ;
+ #else /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
+ #include <linux/elf.h>
+ /*