--- a/proc/version.c	2009-11-24 20:53:02.000000000 +1100
+++ a/proc/version.c	2009-11-24 21:00:44.000000000 +1100
@@ -35,15 +35,23 @@ 
 
 static void init_Linux_version(void) __attribute__((constructor));
 static void init_Linux_version(void) {
-    static struct utsname uts;
     int x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;	/* cleared in case sscanf() < 3 */
+    FILE *fp;
+    char buf[256];
     
-    if (uname(&uts) == -1)	/* failure implies impending death */
-	exit(1);
-    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z) < 3)
+    if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) /* failure implies impending death */
+      exit(1);
+    if (fgets(buf, 256, fp) == NULL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot read kernel version from /proc/version\n");
+      fclose(fp);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+    if (sscanf(buf, "Linux version %d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z) < 3)
 	fprintf(stderr,		/* *very* unlikely to happen by accident */
 		"Non-standard uts for running kernel:\n"
-		"release %s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",
-		uts.release, x, y, z, LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z));
+        "release %s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",
+        buf,
+        x, y, z, LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z));
     linux_version_code = LINUX_VERSION(x, y, z);
 }