README: Consolidate discussions of -stable patches (7f65e924) · Commits · 戴 / test

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		@@ -94,8 +94,12 @@ INSTALLING the kernel source:

		Unlike patches for the 3.x kernels, patches for the 3.x.y kernels
		(also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
		directly to the base 3.x kernel. Please read
		Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information.
		directly to the base 3.x kernel. For example, if your base kernel is 3.0
		and you want to apply the 3.0.3 patch, you must not first apply the 3.0.1
		and 3.0.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel version 3.0.2 and
		want to jump to 3.0.3, you must first reverse the 3.0.2 patch (that is,
		patch -R) _before_ applying the 3.0.3 patch. You can read more on this in
		Documentation/applying-patches.txt

		Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
		process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any
		@@ -107,17 +111,6 @@ INSTALLING the kernel source:
		kernel source. Patches are applied from the current directory, but
		an alternative directory can be specified as the second argument.

		- If you are upgrading between releases using the stable series patches
		(for example, patch-3.x.y), note that these "dot-releases" are
		not incremental and must be applied to the 3.x base tree. For
		example, if your base kernel is 3.0 and you want to apply the
		3.0.3 patch, you do not and indeed must not first apply the
		3.0.1 and 3.0.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel
		version 3.0.2 and want to jump to 3.0.3, you must first
		reverse the 3.0.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying
		the 3.0.3 patch.
		You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt

		- Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:

		cd linux

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