From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel versions on Linus bk tree
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:26:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050110222651.GB1343@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e473391050108102355c9a714@mail.gmail.com>
Hi!
> I just came across a problem with the way the kernel is being
> versioned. The DRM driver needs an IFDEF for the four level page table
> change depending on kernel version built against. I used this:
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x02060a
>
> The problem is that 2.6.10 was released on kernel.org without the four
> level change. But Linus bk which also has version 2.6.10 has the
> change. Is there some way around this problem?
>
> One solution would be to bump the version in Linus bk to 2.6.11-rc1 on
> the first check in after 2.6.10 is cut. The general case of this would
> be to always bump the Linus bk version number immediately after
> cutting the released version.
2.6.11-rc1 seems wrong, but marking it 2.6.10-bk0 should do the trick.
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-10 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-08 18:23 kernel versions on Linus bk tree Jon Smirl
2005-01-08 18:54 ` Vincent Hanquez
2005-01-08 19:00 ` Vincent Hanquez
2005-01-09 3:44 ` Horst von Brand
2005-01-10 22:26 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2005-01-10 23:55 ` Ryan Anderson
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