From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
To: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: version.h macros KERNEL_EXTRAVERSION, LINUX_EXTRAVERSION_CODE
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:39:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53A4016E.9040108@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1403189058-24103-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Dne 19.6.2014 16:44, Kamal Mostafa napsal(a):
> Adds new macro KERNEL_EXTRAVERSION(a,b,c,d) and value
> LINUX_EXTRAVERSION_CODE to version.h, allowing ranged version checks of
> extended-stable versions that use a numeric EXTRAVERSION value.
>
> The new KERNEL_EXTRAVERSION(a,b,c,d) works like KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c)...
> If EXTRAVERSION is set to ".{integer}" (the common extended-stable kernel
> version number scheme) then {integer} corresponds to KERNEL_EXTRAVERSION's
> fourth arg. If EXTRAVERSION is blank or a non-".{integer}" string like
> "-rc5", that corresponds to a fourth parameter of 0.
Why don't you guys simply increment the third digit in the extended
stable tree and get support for KERNEL_VERSION() for free? You always
start after the respective stable branch has reached EOL, don't you?
Thanks,
Michal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-20 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-19 14:44 [PATCH] Makefile: version.h macros KERNEL_EXTRAVERSION, LINUX_EXTRAVERSION_CODE Kamal Mostafa
2014-06-20 9:39 ` Michal Marek [this message]
2014-06-20 15:47 ` Kamal Mostafa
2014-06-20 20:34 ` Michal Marek
2014-06-20 20:56 ` Greg KH
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