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Re: Question about kernel naming scheme



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On Friday 11 January 2002 01:13 pm, Sander Smeenk wrote:
> Quoting Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net):
> >   kernel-image-2.4.17-586tsc
> > What does the tsc stand for?
>
> I don't know for sure wat 'tsc' stands for, but additional "version
> information" tells you what options are compiled in the kernel or what
> patches are used to create the kernel. Like this:
>
> 2.4.17-smp-ext3-grsecurity
>
> Tells you the kernel is a SMP (Dual Processor) kernel, with ext3 patches
> and the grsecurity patch.

So...  anyone know what tsc means?

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