我想更好地了解Linux内核/补丁发布的工作原理.
例如,如果我今天(2013年12月12日)打开www.kernel.org,主要下载(黄色按钮)将我带到最新稳定版“linux-3.12.5.tar.xx”.这很清楚.
但如果我进入“https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/”,我可以找到(在许多档案中)：
(1)linux-3.12.tar.gz
(2)patch-3.12.5.gz
(3)patch-3.12.gz
所以第一个问题：是“linux-3.12.5”=(1)linux-3.12“”(2)patch-3.12.5？
如果是这样,那么“patch-3.12”(3)是什么？是“linux-3.12”= linux-3.11“”(3)patch-3.12如上？
谢谢！
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. 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
感谢上午用于链接源！
