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authorShea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>2012-08-03 08:33:31 -0400
committerShea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>2012-08-03 08:33:31 -0400
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linux/manual-config: Add informative comment
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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index 523d52b0d3c..b64cf786e3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ in
   # The kernel version
   version,
   # The version of the kernel module directory
+  # Note that, unlike with the normal kernel builder, it shouldn't be necessary
+  # to specify this for releases with 2 version numbers, e.g. if you're building
+  # Linux 3.5 the modules will happily be installed in $out/lib/modules/3.5/, but
+  # this is provided for compatability.
   modDirVersion ? version,
   # The kernel source (tarball, git checkout, etc.)
   src,