Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.33-rc8-rt1

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Feb 24 2010 - 12:53:27 EST


On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, GeunSik Lim wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> So, I tried linux-2.6.33-rc8-rt1 based on tip/rt/head as you explained.
> >>
> >> Git development branch:
> >> Â git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git rt/head
> > What's the sha1 of the head commit ?
> > Thanks,
> > Â Â Â Âtglx
> >
> Dear Thoomas,
>
> Below was the recent commit number when I typed "git clone" command.
>
> commit ed0799048b4a38ffb6e33755ba5e6b5dfa9a24d2
> Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun Feb 21 23:14:28 2010 +0100
>
> v2.6.33-rt1

So you cloned the rt/2.6.33 branch of tip. rt/head does not have
release numbers. The version in the Makefile is simply
2.6.33-rc8-rt. rt/head is where development happens. When stuff seems
stable I update rt/2.6.xx and bump the -rt version and tag it.

Thanks,

tglx