[yocto] linux-yocto 3.0.1 upgrade broke PREFERRED_VERSION setting in BSPs

[Khem Raj]

On 8/17/2011 8:23 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> We have just rolled out PREFERRED_VERSION="3.0+git%", and these now fail
> with messages like:
>
> NOTE: preferred version 3.0+git% of linux-yocto not available (for item
> virtual/kernel)
>
> I could patch everything really quick to use 3.0.1+git%... but 3.0.2 was
> just released and I'd have to do it again tomorrow. For 2.6.37, the
> LINUX_VERSION remained the same across point releases. I recommend we do
> the same for 3.0. I really don't want to have to go through and update
> all the PREFERRED_VERSIONs in addition to all the SRCREVs everytime a
> point release comes out.
>

In my understanding 2.6 has now become 3 and .40 became .0 making it 3.0
therefore versions should be 3.0+gitrXXXX 3.1+gitrXXXX etc. 3.0.1 is 
similar to naming scheme 2.6.39.1 in olden days