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Re: [MiNT] uname (conclusion)
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 11:22:15PM +0100, Michael Schwingen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 12:23:14PM +0100, Guido Flohr wrote:
> > So, this should be put on the TODO list for the MiNTlib. In my opinion
> > this should be done for all kernel versions >= 1.14. For older kernels
> > uname should then still reply "MiNT".
>
> Agreed, only I think we should *always* report 'FreeMiNT' - IMHO, it makes
> no sense that the uname outputs varies when I boot a different kernel -
> after all, the purpose is to identify the whole system, and not the kernel.
> The full kernel details can be reported using 'uname -v'.
But a 1.11 kernel is not a FreeMiNT kernel. It is a MiNT kernel.
Ciao
Guido
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