@@ -407,7 +407,12 @@ type KernelVersionInfo struct {

 // FIXME: this doens't build on Darwin

 func GetKernelVersion() (*KernelVersionInfo, error) {

-	var uts syscall.Utsname

+	var (

+		uts                  syscall.Utsname

+		flavor               string

+		kernel, major, minor int

+		err                  error

+	)

 	if err := syscall.Uname(&uts); err != nil {

 		return nil, err

@@ -422,30 +427,34 @@ func GetKernelVersion() (*KernelVersionInfo, error) {

 	}

 	tmp := strings.SplitN(string(release), "-", 2)

-	if len(tmp) != 2 {

-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized kernel version")

-	}

 	tmp2 := strings.SplitN(tmp[0], ".", 3)

-	if len(tmp2) != 3 {

-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized kernel version")

-	}

-	kernel, err := strconv.Atoi(tmp2[0])

-	if err != nil {

-		return nil, err

+	if len(tmp2) > 0 {

+		kernel, err = strconv.Atoi(tmp2[0])

+		if err != nil {

+			return nil, err

+		}

 	}

-	major, err := strconv.Atoi(tmp2[1])

-	if err != nil {

-		return nil, err

+	if len(tmp2) > 1 {

+		major, err = strconv.Atoi(tmp2[1])

+		if err != nil {

+			return nil, err

+		}

 	}

-	minor, err := strconv.Atoi(tmp2[2])

-	if err != nil {

-		return nil, err

+	if len(tmp2) > 2 {

+		minor, err = strconv.Atoi(tmp2[2])

+		if err != nil {

+			return nil, err

+		}

 	}

-	flavor := tmp[1]

+	if len(tmp) == 2 {

+		flavor = tmp[1]

+	} else {

+		flavor = ""

+	}

 	return &KernelVersionInfo{

 		Kernel: kernel,