Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:41:07 +0100 (BST) | From | Vivek Dasmohapatra <> | Subject | RE: About rebuild 2.4.x kernel to support SMP. |
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Yiping Chen wrote:
> Where the uname command extract the kernel version information(eg: > 2.4.2-2smp or 2.2.16)?
uname [the shell command] is a wrapper around the uname system call:
man 1 uname man 2 uname
> I means from which file, or use which system call?
From a strace -v of uname:
uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="arachne", release="2.2.18-00", version="#9 Wed Jan 3 13:48:37 GMT 2001", machine="i686"}) = 0
> I don't know where to get the kernel_version information. I need some help. > Thanks!! > may I use uname? I worry that the driver will install to incorrect path, and > user will complain it.
You can [and may] use uname to get the kernel version string. I am less certain about the exact layout of the module tree under 2.4.3.
-- I dunno about the Big Bang. The Big Kludge I can believe in.
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