svn commit: r194675 - head/sys/sys

[Ken Smith]

Author: kensmith
Date: Tue Jun 23 01:03:09 2009
New Revision: 194675
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/194675

Log:
  Describe the new algorithm for handling __FreeBSD_version, specifically
  the 'R' value now being allowed to take on more values than 0 or 1 and
  permitting more than 100 version bumps in pre-release branches.

Modified:
  head/sys/sys/param.h

Modified: head/sys/sys/param.h
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/sys/param.h	Tue Jun 23 01:00:26 2009	(r194674)
+++ head/sys/sys/param.h	Tue Jun 23 01:03:09 2009	(r194675)
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
  *	doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
  *
  * scheme is:  <major><two digit minor>Rxx
- *		'R' is 0 if release branch or x.0-CURRENT before RELENG_*_0
- *		is created, otherwise 1.
+ *		'R' is in the range 0 to 4 if this is a release branch or
+ *		x.0-CURRENT before RELENG_*_0 is created, otherwise 'R' is
+ *		in the range 5 to 9.
  */
 #undef __FreeBSD_version
 #define __FreeBSD_version 800099	/* Master, propagated to newvers */