On Thursday 22 September 2005 02:36, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> 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.
Ok, Randy Dunlap just fixed it up.
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Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894)
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