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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kni: Use utsrelease.h to determine Ubuntu
	kernel version
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:43:55 +0200
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2015-06-16 23:09, Thomas Monjalon:
> 2015-05-27 13:45, Simon Kagstrom:
> > /proc/version_signature is the version for the host machine, but in
> > e.g., chroots, this does not need to match that DPDK is built for. Use
> > utsrelease.h from the kernel sources instead and fake the upload
> > version.
> 
> Sorry, I don't really understand the problem.
> Do you mean that /proc/version_signature is not readable from the chroot?
> Or do you mean that the /proc in the chroot is the host one and it
> doesn't match the OS installed in the chroot?
> 
> Please precise which case you try to solve and which tests you did
> with which Ubuntu versions?

The issue is still not clearly described.
Closed in patchwork.