arch/x86/boot/version.c:20:     UTS_RELEASE ” (” LINUX_COMPILE_BY “@” LINUX_COMPILE_HOST “) ”
include/generated/compile.h~:6:#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY “droidzone”
include/generated/compile.h:6:#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY “Droidzone”
init/version.c:41:      “Linux version ” UTS_RELEASE ” (” LINUX_COMPILE_BY “@”
init/version.c:46:      ” (” LINUX_COMPILE_BY “@” LINUX_COMPILE_HOST “)”
scripts/mkcompile_h:67:  echo #define LINUX_COMPILE_BY “`whoami`”

Actual scripts/mkcompile_h is very interesting

UTS_LEN=64

UTS_TRUNCATE="cut -b -$UTS_LEN"[/code]

# Generate a temporary compile.h
( echo /* This file is auto generated, version $VERSION */

if [ -n "$CONFIG_FLAGS" ] ; then echo "/* $CONFIG_FLAGS */"; fi
echo #define UTS_MACHINE "$ARCH"
echo #define UTS_VERSION "`echo $UTS_VERSION | $UTS_TRUNCATE`"
echo #define LINUX_COMPILE_TIME "`date +%T`"

echo #define LINUX_COMPILE_BY "`whoami`"

echo #define LINUX_COMPILE_HOST "`hostname | $UTS_TRUNCATE`"
domain=`dnsdomainname 2> /dev/null`

if [ -z "$domain" ]; then

domain=`domainname 2> /dev/null`

fi
if [ -n "$domain" ]; then

echo #define LINUX_COMPILE_DOMAIN "`echo $domain | $UTS_TRUNCATE`"

else

echo #define LINUX_COMPILE_DOMAIN

fi
echo #define LINUX_COMPILER "`$CC -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`"

) > .tmpcompile
 
arch/x86/boot/version.c:21:     UTS_VERSION;

include/generated/compile.h~:4:#define UTS_VERSION "#10 PREEMPT Mon Oct 31 14:34:56 IST 2011"

include/generated/compile.h:4:#define UTS_VERSION "#10 PREEMPT Mon Oct 31 14:34:56 IST 2011"

init/version.c:32:              .version        = UTS_VERSION,

init/version.c:42:      LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "n";

scripts/mkcompile_h:46:UTS_VERSION="#$VERSION"

scripts/mkcompile_h:50:UTS_VERSION="$UTS_VERSION $CONFIG_FLAGS $TIMESTAMP"

scripts/mkcompile_h:64:  echo #define UTS_VERSION "`echo $UTS_VERSION | $UTS_TRUNCATE`"

scripts/mkcompile_h:94:      grep -v 'UTS_VERSION|LINUX_COMPILE_TIME' $TARGET > .tmpver.1 &&

scripts/mkcompile_h:95:      grep -v 'UTS_VERSION|LINUX_COMPILE_TIME' .tmpcompile > .tmpver.2 && 
 
And of course init/version.c
struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = {

.kref = {

.refcount    = ATOMIC_INIT(2),

},

.name = {

.sysname    = UTS_SYSNAME,

.nodename    = UTS_NODENAME,

.release    = UTS_RELEASE,

.version    = UTS_VERSION,

.machine    = UTS_MACHINE,

.domainname    = UTS_DOMAINNAME,

},

};

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_uts_ns);[/code]

/* FIXED STRINGS! Don't touch! */

const char linux_banner[] =

"Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"

LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "n";
const char linux_proc_banner[] =

"%s version %s"

" (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"

" (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %sn";
 
And every time a version number is changed in menuconfig, it changes here:
include/generated/autoconf.h:464:#define CONFIG_LOCALVERSION "Kernel_Stock"

include/generated/utsrelease.h:1:#define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.35.10Kernel_Stock"

include/config/auto.conf:463:CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="Kernel_Stock"

include/config/kernel.release:1:2.6.35.10Kernel_Stock