> i was unaware of the apparently independent variable "LOCALVERSION" > which is used in that assignment. > > there's precious little mention of that variable ... under what > circumstances does one set it?
I have sometimes seen a "+" or a short-commit-sha appended when building kernel in a local git repository with uncommitted/committed changes. Also i suppose one could run make LOCALVERSION=<unique-string-here> to help identify a kernel image by the embedded <unique-string> if required at a later time. As the image name is one of the first things to be printed in the kernel/dmesg logs, it helps map error logs to their respective builds. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
