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SubjectRe: [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r
On 2001-05-06T01:36:05,
Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com> said:

> On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:12:17AM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> > You assign a new EXTRAVERSION to the new kernel you are building, and keep the
> > old kernel at the old name.
>
> Except that some patches (ie, RAID, -ac) use EXTRAVERSION.

So? You can still set EXTRAVERSION to anything you like. It is just an
identifier for the admin, and not used for anything inside the kernel.

Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>

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