Android kernel version name

Question

I have successfully build Gingerbread 2.3.4 for beagleboard xM rev C. Now i want to check Linux kernel version name inside a script which runs after the init.rc. In linux we can find the same using the command uname -r. But it is not found in android kernel. can somebody help me with some sample script to do the same.

Answer 1

There is a version file in the /proc directory. Try cat /proc/version in a shell and it should display informations about your kernel.

Answer 2

If your phone is rooted and BusyBox is installed then uname -r should work.