I recently compiled a shiny new 3.5.7-gentoo Linux kernel and was hoping to change the output of uname -r to something custom. I could always use an alias to make it seem like uname -r was returning something interesting like, "robot_heart_2.1", but I'd rather have the kernel name genuinely be customized. Does anyone know how to go about doing this?
Is it possible to change uname -r output?
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TheFunk
, Dec 01 2012 05:14 PM
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Posted 04 December 2012 - 02:32 PM
Reporting in.... I tried it. It was a bad idea. I recommend just setting an alias so that it looks like you have a weird kernel name. Don't mess with kernel headers, don't mess with kernel source, bad things happen, and I've learned my lesson.
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Posted 04 December 2012 - 04:00 PM
You can at least easily modify the suffix for your specific build. It's a kernel config option (iirc it's even visible in `make menuconfig`)
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