On 9/21/05, Blaisorblade <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 September 2005 04:15, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> > On 9/21/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> 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/
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