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| author | Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin@gmail.com> | 2014-01-22 20:35:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> | 2014-01-22 21:48:19 +0100 |
| commit | a1ede0a51366a3418666f4cb1afd445fb969b967 (patch) | |
| tree | 43bac3f65390730d9e79991e3c0d04645f2783a6 /linux | |
| parent | e8160146e621b8312038696d0f167cff12238043 (diff) | |
| download | buildroot-a1ede0a51366a3418666f4cb1afd445fb969b967.tar.gz buildroot-a1ede0a51366a3418666f4cb1afd445fb969b967.zip | |
linux/Config.in: clarify longterm 2.6 URL exception
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@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | linux/Config.in | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in index 583735ef43..be619d377e 100644 --- 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" help |
