On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:29 AM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Guys, > > When I do uname -r to get the kernel name, I never get the full versions > information about the installed kernel. Example, tonight, the new kernel is: > > kernel26-2.6.31.1-1-x86_64 > > but when I do a uname -r, I only see: "2.6.31-ARCH". That doesn't tell me > anything about the minor version, etc. and if that information is wanted, then > you have to look at the cache or some other software package that would > disclose this. As another example, on an older suse box I have uname -r gives: > 2.6.25.20-0.5-pae. That tells me exactly version I'm running. Any reason the > rest of the version string inst included in this naming? > > Not a biggie by any stretch, just another curious thought ;-) > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com In short, to save rebuilding all out-of-tree modules after every minor kernel release. Also see: http://www.archlinux.org/news/163/
