kernel versionning problem

[Rahul Sundaram]

Tanguy Eric wrote:
> Le mardi 23 janvier 2007 à 03:13 +0530, Rahul Sundaram a écrit :
>> Tanguy Eric wrote:
>>> I sent this message to fedora-list at 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 ...

Yes. The name of the kernel is directly related to that issue.

Rahul