From: Mark Corbin Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:19:28 +0000 (+0100) Subject: package/linux-headers: add help text for manual header selection X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3beba26d7657840c07bf014e33f9e80b6f1b09af;p=buildroot.git package/linux-headers: add help text for manual header selection Add kconfig help text that explains how to manually specify an official Linux version to use for the kernel headers. Signed-off-by: Mark Corbin Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host index 400258f6f1..9f31bad9c3 100644 --- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host +++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host @@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_17 config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION bool "Manually specified Linux version" + help + This option allows you to use a specific official version from + kernel.org, like 2.6.x, 2.6.x.y, 3.x.y, ... + + Note: you cannot use this option to select a _longterm_ 2.6 + kernel, because these kernels are not located at the standard + URL at kernel.org. Instead, select "Custom tarball" and + specify the right URL directly. endchoice