Thanks for your explanations. I figured out the issue; they meant "vanilla" kernel from kernel.org.
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:11:43 -0400 (EDT), Ashish Agarwal wrote: > > # uname -r > > 2.6.26.5-netkit-K2.8 > > > > Presumably the prefix indicates the kernel they based their patch on. > > > > This is not the naming convention for a Debian kernel. The fourth > number for a stock Debian kernel is separated from the third by > a hyphen, not a period. For example, > > uname -r > > on my system yields > > 2.6.26-2-686 > > (This is an i386 architecture machine.) Notice the "-2", not a ".2". > The system may be a Debian system, but its kernel does not appear > to be Debian kernel. The kernel is either from another distribution > or is a custom built kernel. And who knows what kernel source code > package was used to build the custom kernel. None of the Debian > linux-header-* packages will be an exact match. Find out from your > kernel builder *exactly* where to get the header files. > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1112719936.693443.1283971640021.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com > >
