Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:36:48 +0800 | From | Coywolf Qi Hunt <> | Subject | Re: readme-update-from-the-stone-age.patch added to -mm tree |
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On 9/21/05, Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> wrote: > On Wednesday 21 September 2005 04:15, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote: > > On 9/21/05, akpm@osdl.org <akpm@osdl.org> wrote: > > > The patch titled > > > > > > README update from the stone age > > > > > > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > > > > > > readme-update-from-the-stone-age.patch > > > > > > > > > > @@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ COMPILING the kernel: > > > are installing a new kernel with the same version number as your > > > working kernel, make a backup of your modules directory before you > > > do a "make modules_install". > > > + In alternative, before compiling, edit your Makefile and change the > > > + "EXTRAVERSION" line - its content is appended to the regular kernel > > > + version. > > > This is wrong. You expect users to both do menuconfig and edit top > > Makefile manually? What is the local version for then? > Ok, yes, feel free to upgrade this to the use of CONFIG_LOCALVERSION. Or I can > do it as well. > --
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION is for normal users while "EXTRAVERSION" is for developers to maintain different kernel trees. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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