Add -ck version in inconspicuous place where it will merge relatively easily with later kernel versions. -ck --- Makefile | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: linux-3.8-ck1/Makefile =================================================================== --- linux-3.8-ck1.orig/Makefile 2013-03-03 21:41:12.359343487 +1100 +++ linux-3.8-ck1/Makefile 2013-03-03 21:42:52.156095856 +1100 @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ NAME = Unicycling Gorilla # Comments in this file are targeted only to the developer, do not # expect to learn how to build the kernel reading this file. +CKVERSION = -ck1 +CKNAME = BFS Powered +EXTRAVERSION := $(EXTRAVERSION)$(CKVERSION) + # Do not: # o use make's built-in rules and variables # (this increases performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour);