From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750800AbVKLAi7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:38:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750802AbVKLAi7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:38:59 -0500 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.200]:1147 "EHLO xproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750800AbVKLAi6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:38:58 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=sw5JCs8szXrL3qikxjCqH+ckaFfEnDETRIlvAnBpyeQBmWuQfAbsIlKoR3koZ3cNhG8bU4afs1FQVDj50KKYmeEwWC2FYtcOye2ddly0+HA8e/CNvQJTbkkmlPk05AF/o/ZU1BQFrF5b+cmKG8NCkZdbVnWhM+wliRViyDccaQo= From: Jesper Juhl To: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Subject: [PATCH] Info about -stable to README and point at applying-patches.txt Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:43:16 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.92 Cc: Andrew Morton , "Miro Dietiker, MD Systems" , Jesper Juhl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511120143.16602.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Small patch that adds some info about the 2.6.x.y (-stable) kernel to the README and also tells people to look at Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl --- README | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6.14-git14-orig/README 2005-11-12 01:19:39.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.14-git14/README 2005-11-12 01:27:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has made a mistake. + Contrary to the patches for the 2.6.x kernels, patches for the 2.6.x.y + kernels (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but + instead apply directly to the base 2.6.x kernel. + Please read Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information. + Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any patches found.