1*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h2>host_kernel_version</h2> 2*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<hr> 3*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 4*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Return kernel version information for a host. 5*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3> 6*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<pre> 7*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t host_kernel_version</strong> 8*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions <strong>(host_t</strong> <var>host</var>, 9*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions <strong>kernel_version_t</strong> <var>version</var><strong>);</strong> 10*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions</pre> 11*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3> 12*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dl> 13*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 14*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>host</var> 15*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dd> 16*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions[in host-name send right] 17*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsThe name (or control) port for the host for 18*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionswhich information is to be obtained. 19*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 20*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>version</var> 21*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<dd> 22*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions[out array of <var>char</var>] 23*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsCharacter string describing the kernel version 24*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsexecuting on <var>host</var>. 25*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions</dl> 26*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3> 27*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 28*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>host_kernel_version</strong> function returns the version 29*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsstring compiled into the 30*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionskernel executing on <var>host</var> at the time it was built. This describes 31*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsthe version of the kernel. The constant <strong>KERNEL_VERSION_MAX</strong> (in 32*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions\*L<mach/host_info.h>\*O) 33*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributionsshould be used to dimension storage for the returned string if the 34*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<var>kernel_version_t</var> declaration is not used. 35*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3> 36*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 37*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsOnly generic errors apply. 38*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3> 39*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<p> 40*5e3eaea3SApple OSS DistributionsFunctions: 41*5e3eaea3SApple OSS Distributions<a href="host_info.html"><strong>host_info</strong></a>. 42