Re: linux-yocto 3.0.1 upgrade broke PREFERRED_VERSION setting in BSPs

[Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>]

On 11-08-19 2:00 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On 8/17/2011 8:23 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
>> We have just rolled out PREFERRED_VERSION="3.0+git%", and these now fail
>> with messages like:
>>
>> NOTE: preferred version 3.0+git% of linux-yocto not available (for item
>> virtual/kernel)
>>
>> I could patch everything really quick to use 3.0.1+git%... but 3.0.2 was
>> just released and I'd have to do it again tomorrow. For 2.6.37, the
>> LINUX_VERSION remained the same across point releases. I recommend we do
>> the same for 3.0. I really don't want to have to go through and update
>> all the PREFERRED_VERSIONs in addition to all the SRCREVs everytime a
>> point release comes out.
>>
>
> In my understanding 2.6 has now become 3 and .40 became .0 making it 3.0
> therefore versions should be 3.0+gitrXXXX 3.1+gitrXXXX etc. 3.0.1 is
> similar to naming scheme 2.6.39.1 in olden days

Correct. The 3rd digit is the domain of the -stable udpates, just
like the 4th digit used to be. So we'll expect 5 or 6 updates to this
for each supported kernel.

Cheers,

Bruce

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