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authorJesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>2005-11-13 19:07:44 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-11-13 21:14:17 -0500
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treea873ea0b48a047824d277efa77411dee3575ab20 /README
parent3f39894d1b5c253b10fcb8fbbbcf65a330f6cdc7 (diff)
[PATCH] README: add info about -stable to README and point at applying-patches.txt
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ INSTALLING the kernel:
81 failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has 81 failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has
82 made a mistake. 82 made a mistake.
83 83
84 Unlike patches for the 2.6.x kernels, patches for the 2.6.x.y kernels
85 (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
86 directly to the base 2.6.x kernel. Please read
87 Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information.
88
84 Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this 89 Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
85 process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any 90 process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any
86 patches found. 91 patches found.