Messages in this thread | | | From | "Matthew D. Pitts" <> | Subject | Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions | Date | Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:50:26 -0500 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: <Wayne.Brown@altec.com> To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Daniel Phillips <phillips@innominate.de>; Mark Hahn <hahn@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions
> On another subject, is all this new "testXX-preYY" stuff over now that 2.4.0 is > out, and will we be going back to the standard x.y.z numbering scheme? Or is > this another thing that's changed for good? I really miss being able to apply > all the patches at once with linux/scripts/patchkernel. > > Wayne > Wayne,
The versions of patch-kernel included in 2.3/2.4 support extra version information, so patches from Linus and others (i.e. Alan Cox) can be applied if proper information is placed in the kernel Makefile.
Matthew D. Pitts mpitts@suite224.net
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