Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934238AbZJGRsV (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:48:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757979AbZJGRsU (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:48:20 -0400 Received: from mail.lang.hm ([64.81.33.126]:55439 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757766AbZJGRsT (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:48:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:44:11 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Mike Galbraith cc: Theodore Tso , Linus Torvalds , Dave Airlie , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Dirk Hohndel , Len Brown , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 In-Reply-To: <1254927134.7121.36.camel@marge.simson.net> Message-ID: References: <1254797502.14122.146.camel@dhohndel-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com> <1254864803.6035.25.camel@pasglop> <21d7e9970910061822i429344amb47b0bceb552abc6@mail.gmail.com> <20091007135233.GK17883@mit.edu> <1254927134.7121.36.camel@marge.simson.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1537 Lines: 36 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/