[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux/Config.in: clarify longterm 2.6 URL exception
Thomas De Schampheleire
patrickdepinguin at gmail.com
Wed Jan 22 19:35:56 UTC 2014
As this question has popped up multiple times on the mailing list, clarify
that selecting longterm 2.6 kernels requires the 'custom tarball' option
instead of 'custom version'.
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire at gmail.com>
---
linux/Config.in | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION
This option allows to use a specific official version from
kernel.org, like 2.6.x, 2.6.x.y, 3.x.y, ...
+ Note: you cannot use this option to select a _longterm_ 2.6
+ kernel, because these kernels are not located at the standard
+ URL at kernel.org. Instead, select "Custom tarball" and
+ specify the right URL directly.
+
config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL
bool "Custom tarball"
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