Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Feb 2004 07:38:14 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: change kernel name |
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Gaspar Bakos wrote:
> Hello, > > I have the following question: > If I compile the kernel (2.4.*) and boot it in, then the kernel-release, > as shown by 'uname -r' will be the string that was in the EXTRAVERSION > string from the kernel Makefile. > Is there any way to change this 'identity' of the kernel after the > compilation? > Such as > changekernelname bzImage "newname"
Put anything you want in the structure, system_utsname, in your copy of linux-nn-nn/init/version.c.
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.24 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.
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