Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:46:32 -0800 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> Subject: Re: How does /usr/bin/uname work in plain english? Message-ID: <20210114054632.GA95891@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpvQVZaxFZajBGQRPOVe2c74KYUDdVkL8VcYKm1AdgvHw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210114032209.GA94213@www.zefox.net> <CANCZdfp53Zx_xdo1dFpuujRKtA7K%2BH89RentyB=hM1nbpWh9Hw@mail.gmail.com> <e7f33c1b-eb7b-7d33-e0e4-d2b1cb7a503e@gmail.com> <CANCZdfpvQVZaxFZajBGQRPOVe2c74KYUDdVkL8VcYKm1AdgvHw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:15:32PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > > __FreeBSD_version is defined in sys/param.h. For -U, uname prints that > > > value. For -K, it asks the kernel for this value to print. > > > > > > MMmmnnn where MM is the major version, mm is minor, and nnn is > > incremental > > > when the APIs change, approximately weekly. > > > Sounds like the numbers are manually set by humans... I imagined something much more automated. > > He has a newer kernel than userland... however that came to be... > Yes, a new kernel was compiled to fix the "won't boot with HDMI connected" problem on Raspberry Pi. Thanks for explaining! bob prohaska
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