Identifying the Running Kernel
If you build several custom kernels, you might forget which kernel you’re running. The uname(1) command will tell you the name of the kernel configuration file used to build the running kernel. The -v flag will tell you the name of your kernel configuration and the number of times you have compiled it.
# uname -v
GENERIC.MP#348
This output does not mean that I’ve built a multiprocessor GENERIC kernel 348 times. I use the GENERIC kernel, and I let the OpenBSD release engineers build my kernels for me. They have built 348 official snapshot multiprocessor kernels without wiping the kernel build directory. Remember that building custom kernels is for advanced programmers and ignorant newbies. I’m neither.
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