[ale] Kernel Versions

[James Kinney]

The number after the dash is the RedHat build number. It is not part of
the kernel numbering

JimK
Local Net Solutions

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Chris Fowler wrote:

> 
> 
> For kernel versions, what does the last number mean?
> 
> For exapmle.
> 
> 2.2.16-22  Where does to 22 come from?
> 
> I'm using 2.2.12-20 on RRH 6.0 and had problems rebuilding 2.2.12 with some
> patches.  I dowloaded 2.2.12 from ftp.kernel.org and I do not want to
> rebuild
> all my modules.  the modules reside in /lib/modules/2.2.12-20  Is there
> anything I need to do to make sure the version '20' is on my kernel?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 

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