diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/version.c b/arch/i386/boot/version.c
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+/* -*- linux-c -*- ------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
+ *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * arch/i386/boot/version.c
+ *
+ * Kernel version string
+ */
+
+#include "boot.h"
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
+#include <linux/compile.h>
+
+const char kernel_version[] =
+	UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") "
+	UTS_VERSION;