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Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:34:49 -0400
From:	r02@...e-mail.net
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: kernel version problem after patching

There is a kernel version problem after patching the kernel. After
installing the kernel and the kernel modules, without patching the kernel,
then "uname" shows the right kernel version and in "/lib/modules/" there
was the right directory created. 

But after patching the kernel, installing it and the modules, then the 
kernelversion shown with "uname" and the modules directory in 
"/lib/modules/" is not correct anymore. 

For example: 
If i download the kernel 3.14.19, patch it, and install the kernel and the
modules then "uname" shows kernel version 3.14.0 and the modules are
installed in "/lib/modules/3.14.0/" instead of 3.14.19 which would be the
correct version.

The same problem happens with other kernel versions too below 3.14.19 and
also to kernel version 3.16.3 and versions below. But probably much more
kernel versions are affected from this problem.

If someone has an older kernel installed correctly, 3.16 for example, and
wants to install a patched second kernel, 3.16.3 for example, then the
modules directory of the first one will be overwritten unwanted due to
this version error because both kernels have the same modules directory
"/lib/modules/3.16.0".
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