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SubjectRe: Pure kernel '2.6.37-rc1-00001-ge99d11d' shown as ~-dirty after compilation
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:26:59AM +0000, trapDoor wrote:
>,Hello,
>When I run 'make kernelrelease' on freshly cloned Linus' git tree it
>shows kernel version as: '2.6.37-rc1-00001-ge99d11d' - and that's
>correct.
>But after compilation it turned up '2.6.37-rc1-00001-ge99d11d-dirty'.
>
>I didn't apply any custom patches to my local tree between 'make
>kernelrelease' and compilation. What I only added - and before running
>'make kernelrelease' - were the following Radeon firmware blobs for my
>graphic card, which I placed in <kernel-source>/firmware/radeon/, in
>order to compile them in:
>REDWOOD_me.bin
>REDWOOD_pfp.bin
>REDWOOD_rlc.bin
>
>That's how I always did and none of the git-kernels I compiled before
>was referred to as '-dirty' due to the firmware blobs added manually.
>Also, the kernel version shown by 'make kernelrelease' never differed
>from the final kernel version after compilation. Of course assuming
>that no patches were applied in the meantime and no extra string was
>appended manually to the kernel version.
>
>So, what's this '-dirty' about?
>

That means your git tree is not clean, since you placed new firmwares
into the source tree.

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