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diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt index 81a329fcd53..7f773d51fdd 100644 --- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt +++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt @@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ Copyright 2010 Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr> Getting Coccinelle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The semantic patches included in the kernel use the 'virtual rule' -feature which was introduced in Coccinelle version 0.1.11. +The semantic patches included in the kernel use features and options +which are provided by Coccinelle version 1.0.0-rc11 and above. +Using earlier versions will fail as the option names used by +the Coccinelle files and coccicheck have been updated. -Coccinelle (>=0.2.0) is available through the package manager +Coccinelle is available through the package manager of many distributions, e.g. : - - Debian (>=squeeze) - - Fedora (>=13) - - Ubuntu (>=10.04 Lucid Lynx) + - Debian + - Fedora + - Ubuntu - OpenSUSE - Arch Linux - NetBSD @@ -36,11 +38,6 @@ as a regular user, and install it with sudo make install -The semantic patches in the kernel will work best with Coccinelle version -0.2.4 or later. Using earlier versions may incur some parse errors in the -semantic patch code, but any results that are obtained should still be -correct. - Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |