From 75997e34ab290fa5446c5262c1f30cd45e2053f0 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 (cherry picked from commit 3beba26d7657840c07bf014e33f9e80b6f1b09af) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- 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 db0f73fb9c..10975cde10 100644 --- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host +++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host @@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_15 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