Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3

Stefan Richter
2009-10-06T21:21:40Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:
[...]
> Linux europe 2.6.31+ #2 SMP Tue Oct 6 19:26:58 CEST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> versus the inaccurate:
>
> Linux europe 2.6.31 #2 SMP Tue Oct 6 19:26:58 CEST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> string which we emit today.

It's not the string which is inaccurate. To assume that the version
string which is embedded into the kernel image fully describes the
kernel is inaccurate. :-) The + suffix is an improvement in the sense
that it asserts that this kernel is not of a specific version...
--
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--= =-=- --==-