Re: Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread Sven Hartge
Stefan Monnier wrote: >> This is what is called the Kernel-ABI. All modules compiled for >> "3.16.0-4-amd64" will be compatible with all kernels providing this. > I had kind of figured that out, but one thing still puzzles me: why > isn't it "3.16-4-amd64"? I mean, all those versions seem to al

Re: Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
> This is what is called the Kernel-ABI. All modules compiled for > "3.16.0-4-amd64" will be compatible with all kernels providing this. I had kind of figured that out, but one thing still puzzles me: why isn't it "3.16-4-amd64"? I mean, all those versions seem to always have a ".0" which is unus

Re: Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread Sven Hartge
solitone wrote: > On Saturday, January 14, 2017 1:12:52 PM CET Sven Hartge wrote: >> This is the real kernel version. > Hi Sven, and thanks for your explanation. This means that > 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 is based on the following official version? > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3

Re: Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread solitone
On Saturday, January 14, 2017 1:12:52 PM CET Sven Hartge wrote: > > uname -v > > #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) > > This is the real kernel version. Hi Sven, and thanks for your explanation. This means that 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 is based on the following official version? https://www.ker

Re: Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread Vadim Kolchev
Thanks a lot for the clarification. Very useful info. 14 Янв 2017 г. 14:13 пользователь "Sven Hartge" написал: > Вадим Колчев wrote: > > > Have up-to-date stable Jessie installation and noticed interesting thing. > > My kernel release is different from kernel-version. Is this okay? > > Yes, it

Re: Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread Sven Hartge
Вадим Колчев wrote: > Have up-to-date stable Jessie installation and noticed interesting thing. > My kernel release is different from kernel-version. Is this okay? Yes, it is. > If yes, > why is this so? > uname -r > 3.16.0-4-amd64 This is what is called the Kernel-ABI. All modules compiled

Defferences in kernel version and kernel release

2017-01-14 Thread Вадим Колчев
Hi all, Have up-to-date stable Jessie installation and noticed interesting thing. My kernel release is different from kernel-version. Is this okay? If yes, why is this so? uname -r 3.16.0-4-amd64 uname -v #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) Thanks in advance. Best regards, Vadim