On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 14:34, jasoncc@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > What does the .nptl extension on the kernel name stand for? > > 2.4.22-1.2153.nptl > > While we're at it, what does the whole "-1.2153.nptl" mean? > > I know the 2.4.22 is major.minor.patch. I also found an interesting tidbit that I didn't know - I read that all stable versions have an even "minor" number and all development versions have an odd "minor" number. Found it here - ( http://www.leicester.lug.org.uk/meeting/m000713/Kernel_versions/kernel_versions.html ) > > -Jason > the 2.4.22 is the base kernel from kernel.org that everything is built on top of. the 1.2153 is a CVS ident (so gets bumped with every change I check in). the .nptl is 'native posix threading library'. glibc does various magick if it finds its running on a 2.6 kernel, or a 2.4 kernel with a .nptl suffix. If it doesn't, then it falls back to the older threading model iirc. Dave
