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misc: update README 

Fix a type and clarify the part about building against older kernels.
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Michal Kubecek 2018-02-02 18:09:09 +01:00
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@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ a particular version of Player or Workstation.
From these tags, branches "player-${version}" and "workstation-${version}"
are forked. These branches track changes needed to build these modules
against recent kernel versions. Tag "p${ver}-k${ver}" marks the set of
changes needed to build modules from Player ${ver} against kernel ${ver},
against recent kernel versions. Tag "p${ver}-k${kver}" marks the set of
changes needed to build modules from Player ${ver} against kernel ${kver},
e.g. p12.5.5-k4.11 is for Player 12.5.5 and kernel 4.11; similar naming
scheme "w${ver}-k${kver}" is used for Workstation modules. In general,
later points in the branch should also work with older kernels (e.g.
p12.5.5-k4.11 with kernel 4.10) but it's not completely reliable.
p12.5.5-k4.11 with kernel 4.10) but it's not guaranteed; it may happen that
a fix for new kernel version may be too complicated to make also work with
older versions.
At the moment, changes are tested to build against all (vanilla) kernel
releases starting with 4.9.
This repository is provided "as is" with no guarantees. Use the contents on
your own risk.