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Authored by Jesper Juhl
Committed by Linus Torvalds
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Exists in master and in 20 other branches dlt-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04, newt-ti-linux-3.12.y, processor-sdk-linux-01.00.00, processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarc-ti-linux-3.12.10, smarc-ti-linux-3.12.y, smarc-ti-linux-3.14.y, smarc-ti-linux-3.15.y, smarc-ti-lsk-linux-4.1.y, smarct3x-processor-sdk-04.01.00.06, smarct3x-processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarct3x-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04, smarct4x-800-processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarct4x-processor-sdk-04.01.00.06, smarct4x-processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarct4x-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04, ti-linux-3.12.y, ti-linux-3.14.y, ti-linux-3.15.y, ti-lsk-linux-4.1.y

[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>

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81 81 failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has
82 82 made a mistake.
83 83  
  84 + Unlike patches for the 2.6.x kernels, patches for the 2.6.x.y kernels
  85 + (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
  86 + directly to the base 2.6.x kernel. Please read
  87 + Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information.
  88 +
84 89 Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
85 90 process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any
86 91 patches found.