>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
[...]
Ethan> just out of curiosity, why not use the extraversion feild
Ethan> normally used for the pre1,2,3 etc tags, but is unused for
Ethan> final kernel releases?
Ethan> i would not work for a pre kernel very well but for
Ethan> different builds of final kernels it should work fine no?
I tried that and use it since a couple months (since July). I simpy
patch linux/Makefile and put a "-NAME" after EXTRAVERSION.
Works like a charm.
That way I can have both kernels for the main machine and the notebook
in one Packages file without conflict.
Ethan> or am i missing something obvious?
Nope, you don't... and even if you do, you're not alone ;-)
Bye, J
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