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From: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek@etla.org>
To: Yiping Chen <YipingChen@via.com.tw>
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Subject: RE: About rebuild 2.4.x kernel to support SMP.
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Yiping Chen wrote:

> Where the uname command extract the kernel version information(eg:
> 2.4.2-2smp or 2.2.16)?

uname [the shell command] is a wrapper around the uname  system call:

man 1 uname
man 2 uname

> I means from which file, or use which system call?

>From a strace -v of uname:

uname({sysname="Linux", 
       nodename="arachne", 
       release="2.2.18-00",
       version="#9 Wed Jan 3 13:48:37 GMT 2001", 
       machine="i686"}) = 0

> I don't know where to get the kernel_version information. I need some help.
> Thanks!!
> may I use uname? I worry that the driver will install to incorrect path, and
> user will complain it.

You can [and may] use uname to get the kernel version string. I am less
certain about the exact layout of the module tree under 2.4.3.

-- 
I dunno about the Big Bang. The Big Kludge I can believe in.

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