Mike Coburn writes:
> patch-2.3.48-rmk1.gz
> patch-2.3.48-rmk2.gz
>
> patch-2.3.99-pre3-rmk1.gz
> patch-2.3.99-pre3-rmk2.gz
> patch-2.3.99-pre3-rmk3.gz
> patch-2.3.99-pre8-rmk2.gz
> patch-2.3.99-pre8-rmk1.gz
> patch-2.3.99-pre9-rmk2.gz
>
> pre-patch-2.3.23-rmk1.gz
> pre-patch-2.3.49-rmk1.gz
> pre-patch-3.3.51-rmk1.gz
The pre- prefix means that its an alpha bit. The next section up to the -rmk
is Linus' source code version number that you need to fetch to apply this
patch to. Lastly, the -rmk number is the "generation" number of the patch
for this version - the larger the later.
Hope this explains it.
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