linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3

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Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:44:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...radead.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Mike Galbraith wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 09:52 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
>
>> The one thing that I wish we *could* do is make
>> CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO mandatory, or at least making it the strong
>> default and forcing people to work to turn it off, since the problem
>> really is with users smart enough to use git, but not quite smart
>> enough to turn on CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO.
>
> There are also those who use git, but turn CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO off
> for a reason, because it just annoys them with zero gain.
>
> I don't do -rcX.  I have one tree per installed kernel.  When Linus
> pulls a release out of the oven, on that day, Makefile becomes rev++ for
> a new tree and stays that way until he declares the next one baked.  Old
> tree stays frozen at rev until it becomes .stable.  My repos are always
> frozen at where the installed kernel is at, so adding an extra version
> is just a work generating irritant.
>
> I'd like having git ID embedded in the kernel for idiot proofing, but I
> don't like it polluting my installs, so I live without it.

as I understand it, if you only use the released kernel then 
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO will make no difference to you.

the kernel string only changes if you use a non-release kernel.

David Lang


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