Hi, As other people have pointed out, major_version.minor_version.release with the minor_version even == stable. Moreover, if I remember correct, its probably intstructive to look at the EXTRAVERSION symbol in the top level Makefile of the kernel source......it allows you to have 2.4.18-your_own_patches AND 2.4.18-other_patches for example. More importantly it puts the modules in a directory under /lib/modules corresponding to the kernelname hence avoiding conflicts. Regards, Vikram On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Patwardhan, Aniruddha wrote: > Hi > > You should read 2.4.18-3 as > > Linux Major Version 2 > Minor version 4 ( A stable version as even no. odd no indicates > development version ) > Release 18 ( A stable release as even no ) > > -3 PROBABLY implies that distro have used code from the kernel versions > 2.4.18 to 2.4.20 > (3 versions from, including 2.4.18) and then custom-tuned it to create the > stock kernel. > These changes may be for particular optimizations for certain software which > they are > packaging as a part of their distribution. > > HTS > -Aniruddha > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anjaneyulu [mailto:anjaneyulu@mistralsoftware.com] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 1:20 PM > To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: Linux Version Number Description > > > Hi, > Can anybody explain what the meaning of linux version number. > For example, > 2.4.18-3 > What does each numer specify? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Anj > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
