Re: Kernel version
From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 02/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:10:35 -0600 To: Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk>
Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> What command is applied to find kernel version?
>
> # uname -a
> indicating release version and GENERIC i386 only
>
> TIA
>
> B.R.
> Stephen Liu
You're getting warmer with these responses.
FreeBSD is a complete OS; not just a kernel.
This great OS is unlike Linux in that respect.
Linux is a kernel plus a userland from RedHat,
Debian, Suse, Gentoo, etc., etc. FreeBSD is
a kernel and userland *together*, all in one
Project. Therefore, you have a "system version,"
not just a kernel version.
You build a "world" (complete OS userland),
then build a kernel (according to a] your own
configuration file, or b] GENERIC). So, the
RELEASE version (or OS version, doesn't
have to be a RELEASE) plus the kernel config
name IS the "kernel version" if you want to
Linux-ize the terminology. Usually, we don't :-)
So after all, uname -a gets you what you're
really asking for.
Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.
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