Commit a1ede0a5 authored Jan 22, 2014 by Thomas De Schampheleire Committed by Peter Korsgaard Jan 22, 2014

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>

parent e8160146

linux/Config.in

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		@@ -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