Re: linux-next: Tree for December 31

[Sedat Dilek]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I did:
> mkdir next
> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
> cd linux-next
> (make an kernel)
> after that:
> git fetch --tags
> git remote update
>
> today is 31, and my version on linux-next is still 30.
>
>
> uname -a
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.37-rc8-next-20101230+ #1 SMP Fri Dec 31 08:00:39 EET
> 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> The problem: Nouveau is not loaded.
>
> Attached dmesg from next and 2.6.37-rc8.
>

[1] contains:
-next-20101231

I prefer to wipe the localversion-next file (see attached file).

You have to rebuild each time your extra-modules on kernel-upgrade.
Debian has dkms package which rebuilds all extra-modules automagically.

- Sedat -

[1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git;a=blob;f=localversion-next;h=c39c506d10f3aad45388947c0a052eacd5eea4f4;hb=bfa221f25c0ec816f725c3a145bda4ee65a277ff
From aa65146865c282db2f16a4a2d8b39116bf44a7fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:48:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove localversion-next

---
 localversion-next |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 localversion-next

diff --git a/localversion-next b/localversion-next
deleted file mode 100644
index d1eb11c..0000000
--- a/localversion-next
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--next-20101231
-- 
1.7.2.3