From 3beba26d7657840c07bf014e33f9e80b6f1b09af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Corbin Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:19:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- package/linux-headers/Config.in.host | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.30.2