From 6ad44229ec85b3938a313a325f0449e23eac8aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:07:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] README: add info about -stable to README and point at
applying-patches.txt
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---
README | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4ee7dda88ba39..61c4f7429233d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ INSTALLING the kernel:
failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has
made a mistake.
+ Unlike patches for the 2.6.x kernels, patches for the 2.6.x.y kernels
+ (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
+ directly to the base 2.6.x kernel. Please read
+ Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information.
+
Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any
patches found.
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