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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 32 |
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@@ -760,12 +760,34 @@ $(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ # Build the kernel release string -# The KERNELRELEASE is stored in a file named include/config/kernel.release -# to be used when executing for example make install or make modules_install # -# Take the contents of any files called localversion* and the config -# variable CONFIG_LOCALVERSION and append them to KERNELRELEASE. -# LOCALVERSION from the command line override all of this +# The KERNELRELEASE value built here is stored in the file +# include/config/kernel.release, and is used when executing several +# make targets, such as "make install" or "make modules_install." +# +# The eventual kernel release string consists of the following fields, +# shown in a hierarchical format to show how smaller parts are concatenated +# to form the larger and final value, with values coming from places like +# the Makefile, kernel config options, make command line options and/or +# SCM tag information. +# +# $(KERNELVERSION) +# $(VERSION) eg, 2 +# $(PATCHLEVEL) eg, 6 +# $(SUBLEVEL) eg, 18 +# $(EXTRAVERSION) eg, -rc6 +# $(localver-full) +# $(localver) +# localversion* (all localversion* files) +# $(CONFIG_LOCALVERSION) (from kernel config setting) +# $(localver-auto) (only if CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is set) +# ./scripts/setlocalversion (SCM tag, if one exists) +# $(LOCALVERSION) (from make command line if provided) +# +# Note how the final $(localver-auto) string is included *only* if the +# kernel config option CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is selected. Also, at the +# moment, only git is supported but other SCMs can edit the script +# scripts/setlocalversion and add the appropriate checks as needed. nullstring := space := $(nullstring) # end of line |