Version limitations

Posted Feb 14, 2015 19:14 UTC (Sat) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266)
Parent article: Help Linus decide what to call the next kernel

To help people decide...

* Each of the three components of the version number is an 8-bit number (see include/linux/version.h).
* Any change of the major version number will need a corresponding change to the UNAME26 code (see kernel/sys.h).