RE: [Sheflug] uname ?

["Brett Royles" <webmaster [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

but if i am correct will this cause the /lib/modules/kernel-version to have
this name as well... or am i barking up the wrong tree?

Brett

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Seb James
Sent: 05 March 2004 11:59
To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
Subject: RE: [Sheflug] uname ?


On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 11:52, Dawson, Alan wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Seb James [mailto:seb [at] hypercubesystems.co.uk]
>
> > When you compile the kernel, you need to edit the file
> > "Makefile" in the
> > base linux source directory. At the start is something like the
> > following:
> >
> > VERSION = 2
> > PATCHLEVEL = 4
> > SUBLEVEL = 20
> > EXTRAVERSION =
> >
> >
> > Simply add something like -my_kernel to EXTRAVERSION, recompile and
> > it'll come out in uname.
> >
> Thats great thanks
>
No problem at all.

I should probably add, in case anyone reading this gets confused, that
you also of course have to _boot_ from the recompiled kernel before the
EXTRAVERSION string comes out when uname is called :)

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