Introduction to the "2016-08-21" Linux kernel version number sequence

We have learned that you can use the following days commands to view information about the Linux kernel version and the Ubuntu release:

Uname-r

Uname-a

Cat/proc/version

Lsb-release-a

Wait a minute

You can see that the kernel version of the current ubuntu12.04.5lts is Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae, so what are the rules for version numbering?

What does generic and PAE mean?

First, the Linux kernel version number sequence

The kernel version number for Linux is typically:

The major version number. minor version number. Revision number

Major version: the main kernel version currently in use;

Minor version number: The minor version number is even, that is, the kernel version is stable version, the odd is the non-stable version;

Revision Number: indicates the number of revisions to the kernel version.

For example, here we have the kernel version number is 3.2.0-23-GENERIC-PAE, where the major version number is 3, the minor version number is 2, which is the stable version, the revision number is 0, and 23 is the 23rd fine-tuning patch for the current version.

Note the major and minor version numbers determine the series of cores.

Introduction to the "2016-08-21" Linux kernel version number sequence