Function parseRelease

pkg/kernelversion/kernel_linux.go:66–76

parseRelease parses a string and creates a KernelVersion based on it.

(release string)

// parseRelease parses a string and creates a KernelVersion based on it.
func parseRelease(release string) (*KernelVersion, error) {
	var version = KernelVersion{}

	// We're only make sure we get the "kernel" and "major revision". Sometimes we have
	// 3.12.25-gentoo, but sometimes we just have 3.12-1-amd64.
	_, err := fmt.Sscanf(release, "%d.%d", &version.Kernel, &version.Major)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse kernel version %q: %w", release, err)
	}
	return &version, nil
}

// GreaterEqualThan checks if the host's kernel version is greater than, or
// equal to the given kernel version v. Only "kernel version" and "major revision"