linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: add localversion to avoid confusion and conflicts

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Message-Id: <1243581494.3212.1.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 12:48:14 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: add localversion to avoid confusion and conflicts


Adding localversion avoids confusion in kernel images :

like Linux version 2.6.30-rc7 does not tell whether it is linus or kvm kernel.

By adding localversion it tells :

Linux version 2.6.30-rc7-kvm , any doubt ;-)

Secondly, by installing modules it overwrites on linus modules.

By adding localversion :

[root@...v5 kvm]# make modules_install
  INSTALL arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu_debug.ko
  INSTALL arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.ko
  INSTALL arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko
  INSTALL arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko
  INSTALL arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko
  INSTALL arch/x86/oprofile/oprofile.ko
  INSTALL drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.ko
  INSTALL drivers/virtio/virtio.ko
  INSTALL drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.ko
  INSTALL drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko
  INSTALL drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.ko
  DEPMOD  2.6.30-rc7-kvm

I am inspired by Ingo's -tip, I am sure Ingo will tell more advantages,
if these are not enough :-)

Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
---
 localversion-kvm |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 localversion-kvm

diff --git a/localversion-kvm b/localversion-kvm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d969ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localversion-kvm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-kvm
-- 
1.6.0.6



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