Re: [Xenomai-core] prepare_kernel --output-patch

[Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid>]

Romain Lenglet wrote:
> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> what is "prepare_kernel --output-patch" useful for?
> 
> It modifies the behavior of prepare_kernel, so that it does not 
> modify the kernel source tree (except that it must apply the 
> Adeos patch), but instead generates a patch file that has the 
> same effect when applied against that Adeos-patched kernel 
> source tree.
> 
> Therefore, it is useful for creating Xenomai packages for 
> GNU/Linux distributions, such as packages based on dh-kpatches 
> in Debian, which require to have patch files.

Ah, OK. I understood what it does but I did not realize what its useful for.

Thanks.

Wolfgang.