From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 May 2001 05:02:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 May 2001 05:01:58 -0400 Received: from gate.in-addr.de ([212.8.193.158]:30217 "HELO mx.in-addr.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 6 May 2001 05:01:41 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 11:01:33 +0200 From: Lars Marowsky-Bree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r Message-ID: <20010506110133.K3988@marowsky-bree.de> In-Reply-To: <3437.989135106@ocs3.ocs-net> <20010506101217.H3988@marowsky-bree.de> <20010506013605.C31385@thune.mrc-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.3i In-Reply-To: <20010506013605.C31385@thune.mrc-home.com>; from "Mike Castle" on 2001-05-06T01:36:05 X-Ctuhulu: HASTUR Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2001-05-06T01:36:05, Mike Castle said: > On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:12:17AM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > > You assign a new EXTRAVERSION to the new kernel you are building, and keep the > > old kernel at the old name. > > Except that some patches (ie, RAID, -ac) use EXTRAVERSION. So? You can still set EXTRAVERSION to anything you like. It is just an identifier for the admin, and not used for anything inside the kernel. Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Brée -- Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. -- J. Yahl