On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Akemi Yagi wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I want to confirm the following assumptions I have about the kernel versi=
> on
>> numbers obtained with 'uname -r'
>>
>> That, with each release, the version is 2.6.x-<blah-blah-blah> where x is
>> fixed for a given release. For instance SL5.x is always 2.6.18 while SL6.=
> x
>> is always 2.6.32. =A0The series of numbers that follow the hyphen is some
>> other beastie that is part of the distro and not the original kernel vers=
> ion
>> that Linus releases.

Note that even though this might be 2.6.32 or 2.6.18 it does not mean it 
is as Linus releases .  TUV puts in many "back ported" features/patches 
from "future" kernels.

  >
> Yes, that is correct.
>
> Akemi
>

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