Re: kmod/kerneld

Michiel Boland (boland@diva.nl)
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:53:49 +0100 (MET)


On 13 Mar 1998, Andreas Schwab wrote:

[about detecting kernel versions in shell scripts]

> if let "$1 * 65536 + $2 * 256 + $3 <= 0x2015a"
> then
> echo load kerneld
> fi

If I'm not mistaken, 'let' is a bash-ism. The following
construction IMHO is more portable & more readable.

case `uname -r` in
2.0.*|2.1.?|2.1.[1-8]?)
echo load kerneld
;;
esac

This is getting slightly off-kernel, so no follow-ups to the list
please. :)

Cheers
Michiel

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