On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 07:04:07 -0500 "Patwardhan, Aniruddha" <Aniruddha_Patwardhan@bmc.com> wrote: PA> Hi PA> PA> You should read 2.4.18-3 as PA> PA> Linux Major Version 2 PA> Minor version 4 ( A stable version as even no. odd no PA> indicates PA> development version ) PA> Release 18 ( A stable release as even no ) well, not quite... just the y in x.y.z-d indicates stabe/devel series. even is stable, odd is devel, or the bleeding-edge version. PA> PA> -3 PROBABLY implies that distro have used code from the kernel versions PA> 2.4.18 to 2.4.20 PA> (3 versions from, including 2.4.18) and then custom-tuned it to create PA> the stock kernel. again, I don't think that's the case.... the -3 indicates that particular vendor's version... the 3rd revision to the 2.4.18 release. --- If you don't strike oil in twenty minutes, stop boring. Amit Shah http://amitshah.nav.to/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
