On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 23:07, Brian Mury wrote: > > In the case of your kernel, the 2.6.8 refers to the baseline kernel from > > kernel.org while the 1.521 is appended by the Fedora packager to refer > > to the "patches/enhancements" applied. > > Actually 2.6.8.1 is from kernel.org, .521 is from Fedora. > > I'm in the process of building 2.6.8.1 right now (to incorporate Win4Lin > patches). It works if I call it 2.6.8.1, but when I try to call it > 2.6.8.1-Win4Lin, I get a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Strange... > I guess I'll just leave it as 2.6.8.1 then! > > It's my first time building a kernel, BTW. > > Brian, There is a reason it is 2 point 6 point 8 dash 1 point 521. The "dash" is the separator... If you look at the changelog from this kernel you will see it is actually based on 2.6.8-rc4-bk3 from kernel.org.... Another place to look would be in your Makefile under /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521. This presumes that you have installed kernel-sourcecode and you will notice: VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 8 EXTRAVERSION = -1.521custom So, I'll stand by my original assessment... 2.6.8 from the developer (kernel.org) and 1.521 from the packager (redhat.com). Of course, your mileage will vary if you are downloading direct from kernel.org. Then there is no packager, just the developer..... --Rob
