On 27 Sep 2000 12:15:41 GMT,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de> wrote:
>Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> wrote:
>> current method of handling multiple configs or machines leaves a bit to
>> be desired.
>
>The best idea is to autmatically add some kind of release number to the
>EXTRAVERSION field.
Not automatic, more likely add a USER field to uname -r. Leave it up
to the kernel builder what they want to put there, most will leave it
blank. The first four fields are reserved for Linus, the fifth is
anything the kernel builder wants. I can just imagine this
make USER=-pre7-vm76-kdb1.5beta1-aa137.2c bzImage modules
# uname -r
2.4.0-test9-pre7-vm76-kdb1.5beta1-aa137.2c
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test9-pre7-vm76-kdb1.5beta1-aa137.2c/... :)
Best take this discussion to linux-kbuild (see MAINTAINERS) if you want
to continue.
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