Linux Kernel Info

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Overview

uname -a provides the information. Specifically, it provides the kernel name, version and release.

The kernel version actually means when the kernel was built.

The kernel release is the version string as generally understood.

Kernel Version

uname -v
#2 SMP Wed Sep 10 06:10:25 PDT 2014

Kernel Release

uname -r
3.8.13-44.1.1.el6uek.x86_64

Kernel Runtime Configuration

Kernel configuration at runtime is obtained with

sysctl

The same information can be obtained directly from:

/proc/sys/