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

[Wodkowski, PawelX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Kågström [mailto:simon.kagstrom at netinsight.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:37 PM
> To: Wodkowski, PawelX; Zhang, Helin; Alexander Guy; Julien Cretin; Buriez,
> Patrice
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] kni: Use utsrelease.h to determine Ubuntu kernel version
> 
> 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

I also think that it is OK but I also think should check by building you (o ask
someone to do it for you)  on those systems not by theory :)

-- 
Pawel