Linux commands - Understand Linux Image running in Board (Part 1)

Linux commands - Understand Linux Image running in Board (Part 1) 

Before knowing anything know what is running running in Board. if Linux Operating system is running here are the command which can tell us key OS parameters required during programming. 


Command #1: Which OS is running on our board 

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a                                                                                                        
Linux raspberrypi 5.10.17-v7+ #1414 SMP Fri Apr 30 13:18:35 BST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux


Let us know what we understand   from the outcome of this command. 

Linux : Name of Operating System Kernel

raspberrypi: Host name

5.10.17-v7+ : Linux release version

#1414 SMP Fri Apr 30 13:18:35 BST 2021: Build information. This Linux Kernel Support Symmetric Multi-core Processing and Kernel Build Date and time. 

armv7l : This kernel is compiled for 32 bit ARM architecture which is ARM v7

GNU/Linux: Name of Operating System

Note- Kernel can be viewed at https://www.kernel.org/


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