[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: Use utsrelease.h to determine Ubuntu kernel version

[Simon Kågström]

On 2015-05-28 12:05, Wodkowski, PawelX wrote:
>>>
>>> -UBUNTU_KERNEL_CODE := $(shell cut -d' ' -f2 /proc/version_signature | \
>>> -                        cut -d'~' -f1 | cut -d- -f1,2 | tr .- $(comma))
>>> +UBUNTU_KERNEL_CODE := $(shell echo `grep UTS_RELEASE
>>> $(RTE_KERNELDIR)/include/generated/utsrelease.h \
>>> +	 | cut -d '"' -f2 | cut -d- -f1,2 | tr .- $(comma)`,1)
> 
> It is fine for me if it do the job and does not break build on other OS (also other 
> Ubuntu versions especially 12.04 if we still support it).
> Please only check if UTS_RELEASE is available on all Ubuntu versions DPDK support.

>From some digging, it appears it entered the kernel tree in 2006 and
moved to include/generated/ in 2009 so I guess that should be fine for
DPDK builds?

// Simon