[FE training-materials-updates] Clarify instructions for comparing kernel sources
Michael Opdenacker
michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Thu Dec 20 20:21:36 CET 2012
Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch : master
Link : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=e69f8a646b8f683fb84d3064c6b4ed1c4b8c1a22
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commit e69f8a646b8f683fb84d3064c6b4ed1c4b8c1a22
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date: Tue Dec 18 09:35:31 2012 +0100
Clarify instructions for comparing kernel sources
People were confused, and had the impression that the Makefile
changed after running git fetch.
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e69f8a646b8f683fb84d3064c6b4ed1c4b8c1a22
labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex b/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex
index 349c64b..f782e32 100644
--- a/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex
+++ b/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ A while later, you should have all the changes in your own repository,
browsable offline!
Now, open the main \code{Makefile} with your favorite editor and get
-the kernel version that is in it. Now that we have it, we can generate
-the whole set of commits that differ from the linux kernel by doing:
+the kernel version that is in it. This corresponds to the kernel version
+used by Android for the emulator. It should be 2.6.29 if you chose that
+version. Now, let's have a look at the set of commits between the
+mainline kernel sources and the Android kernel sources (\code{HEAD}):
\code{git log v<kernel-version>..HEAD}
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