----- Original Message -----
 Hi,
 
 ..another one (if the kernel gets renamed from 3.0.0-rc to 3.0) - in order
 to help sial scripts that rely on LINUX_RELEASE we should do something
 like:
 ---
 extensions/sial.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
 --- a/extensions/sial.c
 +++ b/extensions/sial.c
 @@ -621,12 +621,17 @@ How to extract basic set of -D flags fro
 if(tok) tok=strtok(NULL, " \t");
 if(tok) tok=strtok(NULL, " \t");
 if(tok) {
 - int two, major, minor, ret;
 - ret = sscanf(tok, "%d.%d.%d-", &two, &major, &minor);
 - if( ret == 3) {
 - sprintf(banner, "0x%02x%02x%02x", two, major, minor);
 + int version, patchlevel, sublevel, ret;
 + ret = sscanf(tok, "%d.%d.%d-", &version, &patchlevel,
&sublevel);
 + switch (ret) {
 + case 2:
 + sublevel = 0;
 + case 3:
 + sprintf(banner, "0x%02x%02x%02x", version, patchlevel, sublevel);
 dt=sial_add_def(dt, sial_strdup("LINUX_RELEASE"),
 sial_strdup(banner));
 sial_msg("Core LINUX_RELEASE == '%s'\n", tok);
 + default:
 + break;
 }
 }
 } 
Yeah -- and what about all of those "helper macros" in sial.c here:
static struct linuxdefs_s {
        char *name;
        char *value;
} linuxdefs[] = {
        {"crash",               "1"},
        {"linux",               "1"},
        {"__linux",             "1"},
        {"__linux__",           "1"},
        {"unix",                "1"},
        {"__unix",              "1"},
        {"__unix__",            "1"},
        // helper macros
        {"LINUX_2_2_16",        "(LINUX_RELEASE==0x020210)"},
        {"LINUX_2_2_17",        "(LINUX_RELEASE==0x020211)"},
        {"LINUX_2_4_0",         "(LINUX_RELEASE==0x020400)"},
        {"LINUX_2_2_X",         "(((LINUX_RELEASE) & 0xffff00) ==
0x020200)"},
        {"LINUX_2_4_X",         "(((LINUX_RELEASE) & 0xffff00) ==
0x020400)"},
        {"LINUX_2_6_X",         "(((LINUX_RELEASE) & 0xffff00) ==
0x020600)"},
...
Anyway, I defer all sial-related patches to Luc Chouinard for review.
I've cc'd him directly with this response.
Thanks,
  Dave