Commit 5b4285fbd4692928ed41992b9aba55c7d1efd723

Authored by Michael Witten
Committed by Jiri Kosina
1 parent 6b2aac42b2

README: Use `X' and `x' consistently

The text referred to `XX', when only a single `X' actually
existed, so this commit changes it to just `X'; a similar
change has been made for `xx'.

Also, `N' was used when it would have been more consistent
to use `X' again, so this commit replaces `N' with `X'.

This commit also chooses to leave `X' as the placeholder
for the current version of the source, and then makes `x'
the placeholder for any version number; fortunately nothing
really depends on this subtlety being understood.

Because `x' is already being used when discussing version
numbers, this commit changes such filename references as
`xxx.rej' to `some-file-name.rej'.

Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

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68 68 bzip2 -dc linux-3.X.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
69 69  
70 70  
71   - Replace "XX" with the version number of the latest kernel.
  71 + Replace "X" with the version number of the latest kernel.
72 72  
73 73 Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually
74 74 incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header
75 75  
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78 78 - You can also upgrade between 3.x releases by patching. Patches are
79 79 distributed in the traditional gzip and the newer bzip2 format. To
80 80 install by patching, get all the newer patch files, enter the
81   - top level directory of the kernel source (linux-3.x) and execute:
  81 + top level directory of the kernel source (linux-3.X) and execute:
82 82  
83 83 gzip -cd ../patch-3.x.gz | patch -p1
84 84  
85 85 or
86 86 bzip2 -dc ../patch-3.x.bz2 | patch -p1
87 87  
88   - (repeat xx for all versions bigger than the version of your current
89   - source tree, _in_order_) and you should be ok. You may want to remove
90   - the backup files (xxx~ or xxx.orig), and make sure that there are no
91   - failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has
92   - made a mistake.
  88 + Replace "x" for all versions bigger than the version "X" of your current
  89 + source tree, _in_order_, and you should be ok. You may want to remove
  90 + the backup files (some-file-name~ or some-file-name.orig), and make sure
  91 + that there are no failed patches (some-file-name# or some-file-name.rej).
  92 + If there are, either you or me has made a mistake.
93 93  
94 94 Unlike patches for the 3.x kernels, patches for the 3.x.y kernels
95 95 (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
96 96  
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142 142 Using the option "make O=output/dir" allow you to specify an alternate
143 143 place for the output files (including .config).
144 144 Example:
145   - kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-3.N
  145 + kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-3.X
146 146 build directory: /home/name/build/kernel
147 147  
148 148 To configure and build the kernel use:
149   - cd /usr/src/linux-3.N
  149 + cd /usr/src/linux-3.X
150 150 make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig
151 151 make O=/home/name/build/kernel
152 152 sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install