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* [PATCH] fix build on nls free systemsYuri Vasilevski2005-10-302-1/+16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I made a patch that detects if libintl.h (needed for nls) is present on the host system and if it's not, it nls support is disabled by providing dummies for the used nls functions. This way if there is nls support on the host system the *config targets will build according to Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo's i18n modifications, else it just uses the original English messages. I have also made a bug report at kernel's bugzilla: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5501 And there is a discussion about this problem in Gentoo's bugzilla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99810 Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] clarify menuconfig /(search) help textRandy Dunlap2005-10-301-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | Add explicit text about - where menuconfig '/' (search) searches for strings, - that substrings are allowed, and - that regular expressions are supported. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] I2C: add i2c module alias for i2c drivers to useGreg Kroah-Hartman2005-10-281-0/+10
| | | | | | This is the start of adding hotplug-like support for i2c devices. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Add some basic .gitignore filesLinus Torvalds2005-10-184-0/+27
| | | | | | | | This still leaves driver and architecture-specific subdirectories alone, but gets rid of the bulk of the "generic" generated files that we should ignore. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pcmcia: fix cross-platform issues with pcmcia module aliasesKars de Jong2005-09-261-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | - Added a missing TO_NATIVE call to scripts/mod/file2alias.c:do_pcmcia_entry() - Add an alignment attribute to struct pcmcia_device_no to solve an alignment issue seen when cross-compiling on x86 for m68k. Signed-off-by: Kars de Jong <jongk@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
* [SPARC]: Fix dot-symbol exporting for good.Al Viro2005-09-111-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Instead of playing all of these hand-coded assembler aliasing games, just translate symbol names in the name space ".sym" to "_Sym" at module load time. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* kbuild: add objectifySam Ravnborg2005-09-101-0/+3
| | | | | | | | Use foo := $(call objectify, $(foo)) to prefix $(foo) with $(obj)/ unless $(foo) is an absolute path. For now no in-tree users - soon to come. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
* [PATCH] kbuild: ignore all debugging info sections in ↵Roland McGrath2005-09-101-6/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | scripts/reference_discarded.pl GCC 4 emits more DWARF debugging information than before and there is now a .debug_loc section as well. This causes "make buildcheck" to fail. Rather than just add that one to the special case list, I used a regexp to ignore any .debug_ANYTHING sections in case more show up in the future. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
* [PATCH] Adapt scripts/ver_linux to new util-linux version stringsAlexey Dobriyan2005-09-071-2/+4
| | | | | | | | Tested with 2.12i and 2.13-pre2. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Strip local symbols from kallsymsRalf Baechle2005-09-071-0/+3
| | | | | | | | Local symbols generated by gcc start with a `$'; no point in including them in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kallsyms: change compression algorithmPaulo Marques2005-09-071-329/+95
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch changes the way the compression algorithm works. The base algorithm is similiar to the previous but we force the compressed token size to 2. Having a fixed size compressed token allows for a lot of optimizations, and that in turn allows this code to run over *all* the symbols faster than it did before over just a subset. Having it work over all the symbols will make it behave better when symbols change positions between passes, and the "inconsistent kallsyms" messages should become less frequent. In my tests the compression ratio was degraded by about 0.5%, but the results will depend greatly on the number of symbols to compress. Signed-off-by: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild Linus Torvalds2005-09-0625-147/+397
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| * [PATCH] kbuild: automatically append a short string to the version based ↵Ryan Anderson2005-08-101-0/+56
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | upon the git commit If CONFIG_AUTO_LOCALVERSION is set, the user is using a git-based tree, and the current HEAD is not referred to by any tags in .git/refs/tags/, append -g and the first 8 characters of the commit to the version string. This makes it easier to use git-bisect, and/or to do a daily build, without trampling on your older, working builds, or accidentally setting up conflicting sets of modules. Signed-off-by: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kconfig: trivial cleanupblaisorblade@yahoo.it2005-07-284-11/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Replace all menu_add_prop mimicking menu_add_prompt with the latter func. I've had to add a return value to menu_add_prompt for one usage. I've rebuilt scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped by hand to reflect changes in the source (I've not the same Bison version so regenerating it wouldn't have been not a good idea), and compared it with what Roman itself did some time ago, and it's the same. So I guess this can be finally merged. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: signed char fixes for scriptsJ.A. Magallon2005-07-273-8/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | This time I did not break anything... and they shut up gcc4 ;) Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: signed/unsigned char fix for make menuconfigKeenan Pepper2005-07-272-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | Quiet some silly warnings. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * kbuild: fix building external modulesSam Ravnborg2005-07-272-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kbuild failed to locate Makefile for external modules. This brought to my attention how the variables for directories have different values in different usage scenarios. Different kbuild usage scenarios: make - plain make in same directory where kernel source lives make O= - kbuild is told to store output files in another directory make M= - building an external module make O= M= - building an external module with kernel output seperate from src Value assigned to the different variables: |$(src) |$(obj) |$(srctree) |$(objtree) make |reldir to k src |as src |abs path to k src |abs path to k src make O= |reldir to k src |as src |abs path to k src |abs path to output dir make M= |abs path to src |as src |abs path to k src |abs path to k src make O= M= |abs path to src |as src |abs path to k src |abs path to k output path to kbuild file: make | $(srctree)/$(src), $(src) make O= | $(srctree)/$(src) make M= | $(src) make O= M= | $(src) From the table above it can be seen that the only good way to find the home directory of the kbuild file is to locate the one of the two variants that is an absolute path. If $(src) is an absolute path (starts with /) then use it, otherwise prefix $(src) with $(srctree). Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * kbuild: define clean before including kbuild fileSam Ravnborg2005-07-251-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Defining clean before including the kbuild file give us knowledge when the kbuild file is included for cleaning. This is rarey usefull - but in a corner case in klibc this proved necessary. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> ---
| * kbuild: fix make O=...Sam Ravnborg2005-07-252-2/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kbuild failed to locate Kbuild.include. Teach kbuild how to find Kbuild files when using make O=... Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> ---
| * kbuild: introduce Kbuild.includeSam Ravnborg2005-07-255-95/+99
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kbuild.include is a placeholder for definitions originally present in both the top-level Makefile and scripts/Makefile.build. There were a slight difference in the filechk definition, so the most videly used version was kept and usr/Makefile was adopted for this syntax. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> ---
| * kbuild: drop descend - converting existing usersSam Ravnborg2005-07-251-5/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There was only two users left of descend. Fix them so they use $(clean)= and $(build)=. Drop definition of descend. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> ---
| * [PATCH] kbuild: make help binrpm-pkg fixCoywolf Qi Hunt2005-07-211-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes kbuild make help binrpm-pkg missing `''. Signed-off-by: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@lovecn.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * kbuild: Fix bug in make deb-pkg when using seperate source and output ↵Sam Ravnborg2005-07-142-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | directories From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> When running "make O=something deb-pkg", I get a failure that claims I haven't configured my kernel (I have). Running it a second time tells me to run "make mrproper" (include/linux/version.h got built on the first run) Original patch from: From: Ajay Patel <patela@gmail.com> With modifications from: Signed-off-By: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * uml: Restore proper descriptions in make deb-pkg targetSam Ravnborg2005-07-141-2/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> This pulls the description from the Debian user-mode-linux package, and puts $version back in the appropriate places for both descriptions. Signed-off-by: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * uml: Make deb-pkg build target build a Debian-style user-mode-linux packageSam Ravnborg2005-07-141-6/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Make the deb-pkg build target understand the "um" arch and set up the package and directory structure to match a mainline-Debian style user-mode-linux package. This is primarily so that it stops matching, exactly, the naming convention used by normal, non-UML kernels generated by this command. Installing "linux-2.6.11" and "linux-2.6.11", where one is a UML kernel doesn't do the right thing. This fixes that. Signed-off-by: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * kbuild: fix buildcheckSam Ravnborg2005-07-141-2/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> I should not have added init.text test here; it's more than useless, it actually degrades the output. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * kbuild: "PREEMPT" in UTS_VERSIONSam Ravnborg2005-07-141-4/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Add PREEMPT to UTS_VERSION where enabled as is done for SMP to make preempt kernels easily identifiable. Added SMP PREEMPT as comment in compile.h to force it to be updated when they change (sam). Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * buildcheck: reduce DEBUG_INFO noise from reference* scriptsSam Ravnborg2005-07-142-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> Reduce noise in 'make buildcheck' that is caused by CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * kbuild: Fix build as root then userSam Ravnborg2005-07-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> I inadvertently built a tree as root and then rebuilt it as a user. I got a lot of prompts ... mv: overwrite `drivers/char/drm/drm_auth.o', overriding mode 0644? Using mv -f fixes that. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: don't use uninitialized SRCTREERandy Dunlap2005-07-131-1/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current kernel-doc (perl) script generates this warning: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at scripts/kernel-doc line 1668. So explicitly check for SRCTREE in the ENV before using it, and then if it is set, append a '/' to the end of it, otherwise the SRCTREE + filename can (will) be missing the intermediate '/'. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] Lindent: ignore .indent.proJeff Mahoney2005-07-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When I recently submitted a Lindent patch, it turned out that my .indent.pro options were also applied to the tree. This patch directs indent(1) to ignore the .indent.pro directives and only use options specified on the command line. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: restrain output of "make help" to 80 columnsYum Rayan2005-07-131-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the output of "make help" to fit in a 80 column screen. Please push upstream as part of your other patches. Signed-off-by: Yum Rayan <yum.rayan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: obey HOSTLOADLIBES_programname for single-file compilationMatthias Urlichs2005-07-131-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Single-file HOSTCC calls added the libraries from $(HOSTLOADLIBES), but not from $(HOSTLOADLIBES_programname). Multi-file HOSTCC calls do both. This patch fixes that inconsistency. Signed-Off-By: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: add ia64 support to rpm Makefile targetGreg Edwards2005-07-131-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On ia64, only the EFI (fat) partition is available to boot from. The rpm needs to install the kernel under /boot/efi to be useable on ia64. Signed-off-by: Greg Edwards <edwardsg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: modpost needs to cope with new glibc elf header on sparcFabio Massimo Di Nitto2005-07-131-2/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recently a change in the glibc elf.h header has been introduced causing modpost to spawn tons of warnings (like the one below) building the kernel on sparc: [SNIP] *** Warning: "current_thread_info_reg" [net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_rpcgss.ko] undefined! *** Warning: "" [net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_rpcgss.ko] undefined! *** Warning: "" [net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_rpcgss.ko] undefined! [SNIP] Ben Collins discovered that the STT_REGISTERED definition in glibc did change and that this change needs to be propagated to modpost. glibc change: -#define STT_REGISTER 13 /* Global register reserved to app. */ +#define STT_SPARC_REGISTER 13 /* Global register reserved to app. */ I did and tested this simple patch to maintain compatibility with newer (>= 2.3.4) and older (<= 2.3.2) glibc. Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
| * [PATCH] kbuild: create tarballsJan-Benedict Glaw2005-07-122-3/+127
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It adds tarball packaging, which I prefer for distribution. Also one of the two blanks after @echo is removed. One seems to be enough :) Signed-off-by: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
* | [PATCH] kconfig: linux.pot for all archEgry Gabor2005-09-051-2/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The 'make update-po-config' creates the .pot file for the default arch. This patch enhances it with all arch. Signed-off-by: Egry Gabor <gaboregry@t-online.hu> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] kconfig: kxgettext: EOL fixEgry Gabor2005-09-051-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The end of line character doesn't exist on end of help in all case, check it first. Signed-off-by: Egry Gabor <gaboregry@t-online.hu> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] kconfig: kxgettext: message fixEgry Gabor2005-09-051-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The gettext doesn't handle the {CONFIG}:00000 markers as sources. I added a simple comment prefix for them. Signed-off-by: Egry Gabor <gaboregry@t-online.hu> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] Make MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE work for vio devicesStephen Rothwell2005-08-301-0/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Make MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE work for vio devices. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | [SPARC]: Deal with glibc changing macro names in modpost.cBen Colline2005-08-191-2/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLIBC 2.3.4 and later changed the STT_REGISTER macro to STT_SPARC_REGISTER, so we need to cope with that somehow. Original patch from fabbione, reposted by Ben Collins. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | [PATCH] fix gconfig crashJoachim Nilsson2005-07-282-102/+209
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I ran glade-2 on the glade file, fixed two missing stock icons and cleaned up the C code that inserts the single/split/full modes. The rest of the patch is minor cleanups only. I refrained from using all the included xpm icons in images.c (like qconf.cc does) in favour of using the stock Gtk+ icons instead. Oh, yes there was a "back" bug in split mode that I also removed, oh well... It has been tested with success by several people, including Jesper Juhl, Randy Dunlap and myself. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] Lindent: ignore .indent.proJeff Mahoney2005-07-131-1/+1
|/ | | | | | | | | | When I recently submitted a Lindent patch, it turned out that my .indent.pro options were also applied to the tree. This patch directs indent(1) to ignore the .indent.pro directives and only use options specified on the command line. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] openfirmware: generate device table for userspaceJeff Mahoney2005-07-061-0/+22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This converts the usage of struct of_match to struct of_device_id, similar to pci_device_id. This allows a device table to be generated, which can be parsed by depmod(8) to generate a map file for module loading. In order for hotplug to work with macio devices, patches to module-init-tools and hotplug must be applied. Those patches are available at: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/jeffm/linux/macio-hotplug/ Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pcmcia: file2aliasDominik Brodowski2005-06-271-0/+39
| | | | | | | | Create PCMCIA entries in modules.alias Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kill signed charsJ.A. Magallon2005-06-256-25/+25
| | | | | | | | | scripts/ is full of mismatches between char* params an signed char* arguments, and viceversa. gcc4 now complaints loud about this. Patch below deletes all those 'signed'. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] mconf.c needs locale.hJean-Christophe Dubois2005-06-251-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | This is failing on my cross-compilation environment (From a solaris system) using gcc-3.4.1 (as the compiler can't find a prototype for the setlocale() function). Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jdubois@mc.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] gconfig: only show scrollbars if neededThierry Vignaud2005-06-231-5/+5
| | | | | | | gconfig: only show scrollbars if needed (which is more user friendly): Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] apply quotation handling to Makefile.buildJan Beulich2005-06-231-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | Adding quotation handling to rule_cc_o_c in scripts/Makefile.build as used elsewhere. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] patch-kernel: support non-incremental 2.6.x.y 'stable' patchesRandy.Dunlap2005-05-051-30/+101
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add better support for (non-incremental) 2.6.x.y patches; If an ending version number if not specified, the script automatically increments the SUBLEVEL (x in 2.6.x.y) until no more patch files are found; however, EXTRAVERSION (y in 2.6.x.y) is never automatically incremented but must be specified fully. patch-kernel does not normally support reverse patching, but does so when applying EXTRAVERSION (x.y) patches, so that moving from 2.6.11.y to 2.6.11.z is easy and handled by the script (reverse 2.6.11.y and apply 2.6.11.z). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>