release-notes/FC4 kernel.xml,1.10,1.11
Karsten Wade (kwade)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Tue Jul 19 04:24:10 UTC 2005
Author: kwade
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv27765
Modified Files:
kernel.xml
Log Message:
Small edits for clarity. I notice that tidy-bowl has not been run on this before check-in, you might want to do that manually, there was a lot of whitespace diff because of non-standard indenting in the last check-in.
Index: kernel.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- kernel.xml 19 Jul 2005 03:56:19 -0000 1.10
+++ kernel.xml 19 Jul 2005 04:24:07 -0000 1.11
@@ -225,10 +225,12 @@
This is the value the <command>uname -r</command> command displays.
The kernel name is defined by the first four lines of the kernel <filename>Makefile</filename>.
To protect the innocent, the <filename>Makefile</filename> has been changed to generate a kernel with a different name from that of the running kernel.
- Before a module will be accepted by the running kernel, that module must have been compiled for a kernel with the correct name.
+ Before a module can be accepted by the running kernel, that
+ module must have been compiled for a kernel with the correct
+ name. To do this, you must edit the kernel <filename>Makefile</filename>
</para>
<para>
- Assume that <command>uname -r</command> returns the string <systemitem class="osname">2.6.11-1.234_FC4</systemitem> and correct the kernel name by editing the kernel <filename>Makefile</filename>, changing the <systemitem class="macro">EXTRAVERSION</systemitem> definition from this:
+ For example, if the <command>uname -r</command> returns the string <systemitem class="osname">2.6.11-1.234_FC4</systemitem>, change the <systemitem class="macro">EXTRAVERSION</systemitem> definition from this:
</para>
<screen width="60">EXTRAVERSION = -prep</screen>
<para>to this:</para>
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