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mpetersen3

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Registered: 2011-12-10

Posts: 4

Checking my current kernel and compiling a new one

I wanted to check which kernel version I am running (specifically) so I used "uname -ar" but I get "3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 19 10:27:51 CEST 2011", I realize that this is a compiled version for arch linux. What I am wondering is whether there is a way to find out which one this is, and will the stable 3.1.5 linux kernel work with Arch if compiled without any specific additions? I wouldn't think so but the fact that my current kernel has ARCH suggests there might be something different.

Last edited by mpetersen3 (2011-12-10 17:49:20)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Checking my current kernel and compiling a new one

You can use pacman to see what version you're using.

[karol@black ~]$ uname -r
3.1.4-1-ARCH

I'm running [testing]

http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 21829.html

Last edited by karol (2011-12-10 18:26:56)

KingX

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From: CA

Registered: 2010-03-24

Posts: 324

Re: Checking my current kernel and compiling a new one

Arch works just fine with a custom kernel (as long as its compiled right ).

A good starting point is the custom linux package in the AUR by graysky. It pretty much has the tweaks I wanted (BFS, BFQ) and I used "make menuconfig" option to do some other stuff I wanted. Don't forget to check out the wiki for "kernel compilation".

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Checking my current kernel and compiling a new one

+1 for graysky's linux-ck kernel. I see he has bumped it to 3.1.5 already, so that should solve it for you.

asipper

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Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 22

Re: Checking my current kernel and compiling a new one

-ARCH is the local version.  Make sure that you change the local version if you recompile the kernel