> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris J Arges [mailto:chris.j.ar...@canonical.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:01 PM > To: Fujinaka, Todd > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] Issues with compiling ixgbevf-2.15.3 on > Ubuntu 3.13.0-30 > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 09:46:15PM +0000, Fujinaka, Todd wrote: > > First, thanks for the patch. You'll have to include it in the text of the > message because it gets stripped here. > > > > Unfortunately, we may not be able to take it (depending on what you did, > the attachment gets stripped) because you guys don't put any identifiers for > your kernel (like a define that says UBUNTU_KERNEL) and just going off > version numbers can collide with upstream. I know Red Hat and SuSE put in > kernel defines to uniquely identify their variant kernels. > > Re-reading because I missed this. > > We actually do include unique identifiers in our released kernel headers, > Under include/generated/utsrelease.h we have something like the > following: > > #define UTS_RELEASE "3.13.0-39-generic" > #define UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI 39 > > This could also be used if a distro-specific solution if needed. > > Thanks, > --chris j arges
A few questions about the UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI identifier: What versions of Ubuntu have it? What puts it in utsrelease.h? (I have a kernel from 14.10 and it does not have that) In the example you provide, what does the number 39 indicate and/or how is it derived? From the extension to 3.13.0? Thanks, Bruce. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
