From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 04:20:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D68F08DE for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 04:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f43.google.com (mail-oa0-f43.google.com [209.85.219.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A48F8275F for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 04:20:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id l6so12269430oag.2 for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 21:20:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=bYczSPrOeqt6Su+ZMfhCHTje/wyozMxdLgLXL+nN+dc=; b=VyMWhEtYkIKTa3ktbXsbWdTJgErMTzy0dUHJcJ2qLN8Re3s+gTW3tNL1M918SBjhUr YQ+GK1gTLBWtTfjk+Fb8FOh0dAQLUFGAw0jlATy5bIEDrex5rCBlGQisfiPAiHVbhR13 W8DS/+Q20yoXw4jzJryfBrcQQSDp2CUezN3LUliYrfLiy75dR13Rxz/r0UjPbaK497KE /OdCe8BJfV441E0fkCi/CKMVb5WsqZJQ58P1I9MyY3UkgLQ0ytaMf5YbbmC7/ywmWDju c9fTyIIuzJZPt+aoHOD8j6241mGE6wD/LH8+uhkxya0tnRMVYDDQ/MhukOL5Jd7nwxtE QslQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk3dA0eg9zj01P+P6yGxA65n6lNCMpKOvJ7x/Npzojzh6yXhF3sLUk3EaKUbwymqs8JO88I MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.51.136 with SMTP id k8mr4715684oeo.33.1401337213556; Wed, 28 May 2014 21:20:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.11.134 with HTTP; Wed, 28 May 2014 21:20:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 21:20:13 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: uname reports wrong kernel version number From: Michael Sierchio To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 04:20:20 -0000 I've seen threads with this topic before, but with no satisfactory answer. I ran freebsd-update fetch install, then installed a new kernel, then rebooted. > strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep '9.1-RELEASE' @(#)FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p13 #0: Tue May 27 17:49:30 UTC 2014 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p13 #0: Tue May 27 17:49:30 UTC 2014 9.1-RELEASE-p13 > sysctl kern.bootfile kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel/kernel > uname -a FreeBSD pvpn.ny.pivotallabs.com 9.1-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p8 #2: Mon Nov 18 20:24:53 UTC 2013 root@net6501-factory.sf.pivotallabs.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NET6501-IPSEC i386 Which was definitely the old kernel, but not the running one... hrm. Any insights? - M