Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | scott thomason <> | Subject | Re: patching the kernel | Date | Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:41:03 -0600 |
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On Sunday 09 March 2003 04:11 pm, joe briggs wrote: > My apologies for this question that is so basic to all of you, > but can any of you please point me toward a howto or > instructions for exactly how to 'patch a kernel'? For > example, at kernel.org, the latest stable kernel is 2.4.20, > and is actually a patch. I currently use 2.4.19 under Debian > and routinely rebuild & install it no problem. If I download > a kernel 'patch', do I apply it to the entire directory, or > the compiled kernel, etc.? Thanks so much.
I usually use these patch commands, as they make finding any errors so much easier:
bunzip patchfile.bz2 ## or... gunzip patchfile.gz
cd linux-2.4.x ## To see if the patch is actually going to work patch -p1 --batch --quiet --dry-run < ../patchfile ## To actually apply the patch patch -p1 --batch --quiet < ../patchfile
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