Hi guys

Thanks for putting me on the right track.
It seems that a normal compile ignores the settings in the Makefile and
uses
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h
to determine what version stamp to put on the kernel and any modules.

Cheers
James


Jeffrey Borg wrote:
> 
> In the top level makefile for the kernel there are the version settings at
> the very top
> the extra version to get -5 on the end is exactly "-5"
> 
> Just means you can have many of the same version of the kernel installed
> at once if you wish with different sets of modules
> 
> On Fri, 26 May 2000, ENTERforNone wrote:
> 
> > 2.2.14-5 refers to Red Hat's 5th build of 2.2.14. Not sure how you fix this,
> > although you could just install the kernal source and recomplie (which
> > should make it 2.2.14).
> >
> > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:35:45PM +0800, Anonymous wrote:
> > > Please cc replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > HI
> > >
> > > I hav just upgraded a red hat 6.1 box to 6.2 causing the trial version
> > > of oss to fail.
> > > I have tried reinstalling OSS to no avail and decided to try ALSA
> > > instead.
> > > ALSA comes in three parts (driver,libs and utils) and compiles quite
> > > cleanly on my machine the problem occurs when I try to run modprobe to
> > > start the snd and and-card-cs4236 modules.
> > >
> > > It fails with the message that these modules were compiled for a 2.2.14
> > > kernal and I am running a 2.2.14-5 kernel. It seems as though the RH6.2
> > > install gives you the 2.2.14-5 kernel but installs the source
> > > (/usr/src/linux) for 2.2.14.
> > >
> > > I have looked all over for a 2.2.14-5 kernal source package or tarball
> > > but I can't find one. Does anyone know where I can get the Source for
> > > this kernel or should I just compile a kernel from the source I have and
> > > use that?
> > >
> > > OR am I off the track completely.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > James Dean
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