Re: kernel versionning problem

[Tanguy Eric <eric tanguy univ-nantes fr>]

Le mardi 23 janvier 2007 à 03:13 +0530, Rahul Sundaram a écrit :
> Tanguy Eric wrote:
> > I sent this message to fedora-list redhat com but i had no reaction so i
> > try also the devel one because i find this is problem we have to solve
> > for the core and extras merge, no ?
> > 
> > I'm tired to have problems with rt2500 driver at each new fedora kernel
> > release because the versionning seems to not follow standards :
> > http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2965
> > 
> > What do you think about this ?
> > 
> > Someone have similar problems with other modules ?
> 
> This one is going all the way up to Linus since apparently he prefers 
> the current naming. See 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20070111 
> for the glorious details.
> 
> Rahul
> 
Ok but my problem is not really the kernel name but how a driver can
detect correctly the kernel version and eventually the backported patch
to compile fine ...

Eric