[ale] compiling kernel with version modifier

Boris Borisov bugyatl at gmail.com
Thu Mar 3 08:03:19 EST 2016


That should be in .config I believe.
On Mar 2, 2016 5:15 PM, "Todor Fassl" <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to compile my own kernel with a patch for hardware speech. One
> thing I do not understand about building a kernel is how to get it to have
> a unique name so I can tell if a machine is using the custom kernel or the
> original one. The ubuntu documentation says this:
>
> > In order to make your kernel "newer" than the stock Ubuntu kernel
> > from which you are based you should add a local version modifier. Add
> > something like "+test1" to the end of the first version number in the
> > debian.master/changelog file, before building.
> The first line of debian.master/changelog looks like this:
> > linux (4.2.0-30.36) wily; urgency=high
>
> I am guessing the instructions mean to make that say something like this:
> > linux (4.2.0-30.36+test1) wily; urgency=high
>
> First of all, is that right? Second, is it possible for me to make it so
> if you say "uname -r", instead of displaying 4.3.0-30-generic, it shows
> 4.3.0-30-speakup? I think that would be the most clear way to show that
> this is not a generic ubuntu kernel.
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