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@@ -217,6 +217,49 @@
             "linux-yocto".
         </para>
 
+        <section id='tip-dirty-string'>
+            <title>"-dirty" String</title>
+
+            <para>
+                <emphasis>AR - Darrren Hart:</emphasis>  This section
+                originated from the old Yocto Project Kernel Architecture
+                and Use Manual.
+                It was decided we need to put it in this section here.
+                Darren needs to figure out where we want it and what part
+                of it we want (all, revision???)
+            </para>
+
+            <para>
+                If kernel images are being built with "-dirty" on the
+                end of the version string, this simply means that
+                modifications in the source directory have not been committed.
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ git status
+                </literallayout>
+            </para>
+
+            <para>
+                You can use the above Git command to report modified,
+                removed, or added files.
+                You should commit those changes to the tree regardless of
+                whether they will be saved, exported, or used.
+                Once you commit the changes, you need to rebuild the kernel.
+            </para>
+
+            <para>
+                To force a pickup and commit of all such pending changes,
+                enter the following:
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ git add .
+     $ git commit -s -a -m "getting rid of -dirty"
+                </literallayout>
+            </para>
+
+            <para>
+                Next, rebuild the kernel.
+            </para>
+        </section>
+
         <section id='generating-configuration-files'>
             <title>Generating Configuration Files</title>