| Need help understanding kernel version numbers [message #11902] |
Wed, 11 April 2007 09:00  |
jarcher
Messages: 91
Registered: August 2006
Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Hi All...
I have always been confused by the kernel version numbers and I finally
decided to just look stupid and ask.
I am currently running:
actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels# uname -a
Linux actual.registrationtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 12
21:59:13 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels#
The file name for the deb package for this version is:
linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18-2.6.18-11-1_amd64.deb
I see that there is now:
linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18.1-2.6.18-12-1_amd64.d eb
This file has a date of April 11, 2007, so I know it's newer. But how can
I tell from the version numbers? Both are 028.18 but the newer one has a
lower number, .1-2, than the older one, which has 6. So what's the proper
way to parse this?
Also, is there a posted list of changes? I'm running OpenVZ in production
now and so prefer not to risk an upgrade and reboot unless necessary.
Thanks!
Jim
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| Re: Need help understanding kernel version numbers [message #11905 is a reply to message #11903] |
Wed, 11 April 2007 10:25  |
jarcher
Messages: 91
Registered: August 2006
Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Ah, thanks very much Thorsten, I see how it works now. Is there a way to
tell from the version number if a deb file has a test kernel or a stable
one?
--On Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:44 AM +0200 Thorsten Schifferdecker
<tsd@debian.systs.org> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Ola has updated the debianized OpenVZ Linux kernel to new Debian Linux
> Kernel Source :
>
> " linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18-2.6.18-12-1_amd64.deb " :
>
> linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64 ...
>
> 028.18.1
> \_> OpenVZ Kernel Patch 028test018.1
> (-> http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/kernel-patch-openvz )
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> 2.6.18-12-1
> \_> Debian Linux Kernel Source
> (-> http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/linux-source-2.6.18)
>
> Regards,
> Thorsten
>
> Jim Archer schrieb:
>> Hi All...
>>
>> I have always been confused by the kernel version numbers and I finally
>> decided to just look stupid and ask.
>>
>> I am currently running:
>>
>> actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels# uname -a
>> Linux actual.registrationtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 12
>> 21:59:13 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels#
>>
>>
>> The file name for the deb package for this version is:
>>
>> linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18-2.6.18-11-1_amd64.deb
>>
>> I see that there is now:
>>
>> linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18.1-2.6.18-12-1_amd64.d eb
>>
>>
>> This file has a date of April 11, 2007, so I know it's newer. But how
>> can I tell from the version numbers? Both are 028.18 but the newer one
>> has a lower number, .1-2, than the older one, which has 6. So what's
>> the proper way to parse this?
>>
>> Also, is there a posted list of changes? I'm running OpenVZ in
>> production now and so prefer not to risk an upgrade and reboot unless
>> necessary.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jim
>>
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| Re: Need help understanding kernel version numbers [message #11908 is a reply to message #11905] |
Wed, 11 April 2007 12:31 |
Thorsten Schifferdeck
Messages: 38
Registered: February 2006
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Hi,
028.18.1 -> the digits show me, this is a OpenVZ 028(test0)18.1 patch
imho a good overview about 2.6.18 OpenVZ kernelpatches and -images
listed at http://download.openvz.org/kernel/branches/2.6.18/
Regards,
Thorsten
Jim Archer schrieb:
> Ah, thanks very much Thorsten, I see how it works now. Is there a way
> to tell from the version number if a deb file has a test kernel or a
> stable one?
>
>
>
> --On Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:44 AM +0200 Thorsten Schifferdecker
> <tsd@debian.systs.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> Ola has updated the debianized OpenVZ Linux kernel to new Debian Linux
>> Kernel Source :
>>
>> " linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18-2.6.18-12-1_amd64.deb " :
>>
>> linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64 ...
>>
>> 028.18.1
>> \_> OpenVZ Kernel Patch 028test018.1
>> (-> http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/kernel-patch-openvz )
>>
>> 2.6.18-12-1
>> \_> Debian Linux Kernel Source
>> (-> http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/linux-source-2.6.18)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thorsten
>>
>> Jim Archer schrieb:
>>> Hi All...
>>>
>>> I have always been confused by the kernel version numbers and I finally
>>> decided to just look stupid and ask.
>>>
>>> I am currently running:
>>>
>>> actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels# uname -a
>>> Linux actual.registrationtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 12
>>> 21:59:13 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>> actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels#
>>>
>>>
>>> The file name for the deb package for this version is:
>>>
>>> linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18-2.6.18-11-1_amd64.deb
>>>
>>> I see that there is now:
>>>
>>> linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_028.18.1-2.6.18-12-1_amd64.d eb
>>>
>>>
>>> This file has a date of April 11, 2007, so I know it's newer. But how
>>> can I tell from the version numbers? Both are 028.18 but the newer one
>>> has a lower number, .1-2, than the older one, which has 6. So what's
>>> the proper way to parse this?
>>>
>>> Also, is there a posted list of changes? I'm running OpenVZ in
>>> production now and so prefer not to risk an upgrade and reboot unless
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jim
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