What is the meaning of the kernel version?

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What is the meaning of the kernel version?

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I'm trying to make an application, such as college work, for diagnosing Android vulnerability based on device metadata, such as Android version, Kernel version, Build Number, etc.

I do not fully understand the kernel version string that can be checked in the device settings.

On my device, for example (Samsung Win Duos), the kernel version string is:

Kernel version:

3.4.0-1565445
se.infra@SWDB2914 #1
SMP PEEMPT Wed Aug 13 03:54:31 KST 2014

Would anyone know to tell me exactly what each element of this string means?

android kernel

asked by anonymous 25.09.2015 / 17:55

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I can help you with a few things:

3.4.0 is the linux kernel version it is based on.

se.infra is the user account used in the SWDB2914 #1 system to compile.

SMP comes from Symmetric Multiprocessing and PREEMP is a preemptive kernel, which allows context switching , of applications.