The first part of the version reported by uname is the base kernel version. So your uname is telling you your kernel is based on 2.6.5. This is much older then 2.6.23. The rest of the version reported by uname is specific to the distribution.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Clark, Douglas Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Linux kernel version. I am reading an article in the Oct 22, 2007 edition of InformationWeek titled "The Relentless Pace of Linux" on page 43. The article makes a reference to "Kernel 2.6.23" and I am trying to make some sense of that identification to what I am running. On my server running SLES 9 i386 when I issue a "uname -r" command the following is returned "2.6.5-7.287.3-default." When I issue the same "uname -r" command on the mainframe LPAR I receive the following "2.6.5-7.287.3-s390x." How do those versions map back to the statement "Kernel 2.6.23?" Just curious - and hoping to learn something. Doug ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
