[opensuse-factory] Kernel Numbering Is Wierd
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All, On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2. I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default. Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2. Any suggestions on what is wrong here? Anyone else experience this? Regards. -- Sudhir Anand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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On Monday 2017-07-10 23:27, Sudhir Anand wrote:
On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2.
I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default.
Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2. Any suggestions on what is wrong here?
Nothing, because there is no "8.2" in any of this (thankfully). Everything else is obviously a subset/superset of the version number. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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Op maandag 10 juli 2017 23:27:33 CEST schreef Sudhir Anand:
All,
On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2.
I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default.
Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2.
Any suggestions on what is wrong here?
Anyone else experience this?
Regards. Hadn't even noticed, but this is after a reboot knurpht@knurphtlaptop:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel-def kernel-default-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 knurpht@knurphtlaptop:~> uname -a Linux knurphtlaptop 4.11.8-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 29 14:37:33 UTC 2017 (42bd7a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Strange, should not be like that. Please file a bugreport. -- Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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Op maandag 10 juli 2017 23:49:04 CEST schreef Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink:
Op maandag 10 juli 2017 23:27:33 CEST schreef Sudhir Anand:
All,
On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2.
I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default.
Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2.
Any suggestions on what is wrong here?
Anyone else experience this?
Regards.
Hadn't even noticed, but this is after a reboot knurpht@knurphtlaptop:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel-def kernel-default-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 knurpht@knurphtlaptop:~> uname -a Linux knurphtlaptop 4.11.8-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 29 14:37:33 UTC 2017 (42bd7a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Strange, should not be like that. Please file a bugreport.
Sorry, too late, thought there was an issue and there isn't. Have a better look at the version numbers, the last is the packaging version -- Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink:
Op maandag 10 juli 2017 23:27:33 CEST schreef Sudhir Anand:
All,
On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2.
I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default.
Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2.
Any suggestions on what is wrong here?
Anyone else experience this?
Regards. Hadn't even noticed, but this is after a reboot knurpht@knurphtlaptop:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel-def kernel-default-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 knurpht@knurphtlaptop:~> uname -a Linux knurphtlaptop 4.11.8-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 29 14:37:33 UTC 2017 (42bd7a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Strange, should not be like that. Please file a bugreport.
mine is: rpm -qa | grep kernel-def kernel-default-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 kernel-default-4.11.7-1.2.x86_64 uname -a Linux yarddog.suse 4.11.8-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 29 14:37:33 UTC 2017 (42bd7a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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On 2017-07-10 23:27, Sudhir Anand wrote:
All,
On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2.
I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default.
Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2.
Any suggestions on what is wrong here?
Anyone else experience this?
Where do you get that 8.2 from? I don't see it in your post. You probably see something like this: Tumbleweed:~ # uname -a Linux Tumbleweed 4.11.8-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 29 14:37:33 UTC 2017 (42bd7a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cer@Tumbleweed:~> rpm -qa kernel* kernel-firmware-20170622-1.1.noarch kernel-default-4.11.3-1.5.x86_64 kernel-default-4.11.8-1.2.x86_64 cer@Tumbleweed:~> It is correct. The last .2 in the rpm belongs to the packagers, not to the kernel make. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 09:27:33PM +0000, Sudhir Anand wrote:
On the tumbleweed installation on this computer, all kernels were removed apart from kernel 4.11.8-1.2.
I have verified no other kernels are installed. However, command "uname -r" shows kernel as 4.11.8-1-default.
Grub is also reporting 4.11.8-1 as kernel version, not 8.2.
(assuming you meant "...not -1.2") OK, one more time... Last component of the release string ("2" in this case) is updated on spontaneous rebuilds in OBS, i.e. when some of the dependencies changes but not kernel sources themselves. Whenever kernel sources are updated, some of the earlier components is updated ("1" in this case). In other words, kernel packages 4.11.8-1.0, 4.11.8-1.2, 4.11.8-1.3 or 4.11.8-1.324810 would be all built from the same source and as kernel does not have many actual dependencies that would affect the resulting code (except, perhaps, gcc), it makes little sense to update kernel each time some package in its build environment is updated. Therefore kernel package strips the last component when determining its internal reported version. That is what "uname -r" shows, the name of the subdirectory under /lib/modules, suffix of /boot/vmlinuz-* etc. All packages above would use "4.11.8-1" as they are in fact the same. Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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Carlos E. R.
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James Bunnell
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Jan Engelhardt
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Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink
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Michal Kubecek
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Sudhir Anand