On 1/30/06, Jerry Eastmanhouser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought that this was in the top 4 lines of the kernel Makefile.
>
> Standard location is going to be /usr/src/linux/Makefile
>
>
> VERSION = 2
> PATCHLEVEL = 4
This is still true with the 2.6 kernel, except that there is now also
a LO
I thought that this was in the top 4 lines of the kernel Makefile.
It's embedded in the kernel after the kernel is compiled.
Example is from my servers below for the 2.4 kernel.
The extraversion line is set to whatever I want...it just appends
that to the end of kernel name...so if you want to have
On Sunday 29 January 2006 11:29, a tiny voice compelled Neil Bothwick to
write:
> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:33:39 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> > $ grep VERSION /usr/src/linux/.config
> > CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="2.6.14-r-4_new"
> >
> > Hmm that seems to be it. It would appear that I have to rebuild the
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:33:39 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> $ grep VERSION /usr/src/linux/.config
> CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="2.6.14-r-4_new"
>
> Hmm that seems to be it. It would appear that I have to rebuild the
> kernel with appropriate version descriptor. I used my old config and
> added the 2.6.1
On Sunday 29 January 2006 10:02, a tiny voice compelled Neil Bothwick to
write:
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:30:42 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> > > What are using to build these kernels?
> >
> > using the typical change symlink copy over .config, make oldconfig
> > make && make modules_installc
On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:30:42 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> > What are using to build these kernels?
> using the typical change symlink copy over .config, make oldconfig
> make && make modules_installcp arch etc.
> Obviously, I made a typo last upgrade but I can't figure out how to fix
> it
On Saturday 28 January 2006 10:31, a tiny voice compelled Richard Fish to
write:
> On 1/28/06, Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Where does uname find kernel version? For my last 2 new kernels, uname -a
> > returns some off the wall kernel version. It seems to be picking up extra
> > i
On 1/28/06, Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where does uname find kernel version? For my last 2 new kernels, uname -a
> returns some off the wall kernel version. It seems to be picking up extra
> info from God know where.
It comes from the version embedded in the kernel, returned via t
Where does uname find kernel version? For my last 2 new kernels, uname -a
returns some off the wall kernel version. It seems to be picking up extra
info from God know where.
$ uname -a
Linux MRK 2.6.15-gentoo-r12.6.14-r-4_new #1 Fri Jan 27 12:38:49 EST 2006 i686
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Authenti
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