Hey, it's an old thread, but wth ...
mingdao@silas:~$ less kernel/linux-$VERSION/README
Code:
- Keep a backup kernel handy in case something goes wrong. This is
especially true for the development releases, since each new release
contains new code which has not been debugged. Make sure you keep a
backup of the modules corresponding to that kernel, as well. If you
are installing a new kernel with the same version number as your
working kernel, make a backup of your modules directory before you
do a "make modules_install".
Alternatively, before compiling, use the kernel config option
"LOCALVERSION" to append a unique suffix to the regular kernel version.
LOCALVERSION can be set in the "General Setup" menu.
To do this, "at it" press Enter, then type "-libata" or hyphen and
whatever suffix you would like to use, then press Enter again.
This will give you, in my case:
Code:
mingdao@silas:~$ ls -1 /lib/modules/
2.6.24.4/
2.6.24.4-libata/
2.6.24.4-smp/
2.6.24.4-thomer/
2.6.25.1/
2.6.25.1-libata/
unique module directories for the same kernel version.
