On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:29 AM, David C. Rankin drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com 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/

'pacman -Q kernel26' will tell you the kernel version you are using