From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 21:25:13 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Documentation: lttng-modules 2.7 supports Linux < 4.8
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.6~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=17e9b7422249cdeae24f4717ad4e198dad76d5a7;p=lttng-modules.git

Documentation: lttng-modules 2.7 supports Linux < 4.8

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
---

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b310059..731a3867 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ $(error Duplicate version.h files found in $(lttng_check_linux_version) and $(lt
 endif
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(shell \
+	if [ $(VERSION) -ge 5 \
+		-o \( $(VERSION) -eq 4 -a $(PATCHLEVEL) -ge 8 \) ] ; then \
+		echo "true" ; fi;),)
+$(warning You are entering uncharted territories adventurer! Proceed with utmost caution (also, lttng-modules 2.7 does not support Linux >= 4.8. You should upgrade to a newer lttng-modules version.))
+endif
+
 include $(MAKEFILEDIR)/Makefile.ABI.workarounds
 
 obj-m += lttng-ring-buffer-client-discard.o
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9934d2ef..e0bda30c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ to print traces as a human-readable text log.
 Support
 -------
 
-Linux kernels >= 2.6.36 are supported.
+Linux kernels >= 2.6.36 and < 4.8 are supported by LTTng modules 2.7.
+Upgrade to a newer LTTng modules for more recent kernels.
 
 
 Notes