diff -Naur magellan-initscripts/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions magellan-initscripts-alx/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
--- magellan-initscripts/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions	2005-07-03 23:30:58.000000000 +0200
+++ magellan-initscripts-alx/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions	2010-11-20 17:45:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -425,3 +425,9 @@
 
 	return 0
 }
+
+kernel_version()
+{
+	local KV="$(uname -r | cut -d- -f1)"
+	echo "${KV}"
+}