Re: Kernel problem?
On 2018-01-10 16:58 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> In the case of stable Debian release kernel versioning at least, the .0 in both
> seem to be entirely superfluous. Does any other integer ever appear in place of
> that 0?
No. The trailing .0 is only there to appease programs that do not work
with a two-digit kernel version, which is also the reason why Linus
numbers his releases as x.y.0(-rcN) rather than just x.y(-rcN) .
You can learn more about the numbers used in Debian kernels and what
they mean in the Debian Kernel Handbook[1].
> Upstream according to https://www.kernel.org/ 4.9 is at 4.9.75.
The upstream version of the Debian kernel is available with "uname -v":
,----
| $ uname -v
| #1 SMP Debian 4.14.12-2 (2018-01-06)
`----
Here 4.14.12 is the upstream version, and the -2 indicates the Debian
revision, not to be confused with the ABI version that appears in
"uname -r":
,----
| $ uname -r
| 4.14.0-3-amd64
`----
HTH,
Sven
1. https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-versions.html
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