Re: How do I apply a kernel patch?
On Sun, 30 May 1999, John Pearson wrote:
>> The patch was prepared on a system where /usr/src/linux was 'really'
>> /usr/src/linux.vanilla. Try this:
>> # cd /usr/src
>> # ln -s linux linux.vanilla
>> # cat patch-2.2.7-ac4 | patch -p0
>>
>> That should work.
>The patch utility was specifically designed to deal with cases where the
>base directory is named differently. In other words, you can do it
>without
>the symlink.
> # cd /usr/src/linux
> # cat patch-2.2.7-ac4 | patch -p1
>The '1' tells it to ignore up to and including the first slash in the
>pathnames in the diff: in this case, "linux.vanilla/".
Thanks. it worked. But the patched kernel-source would not compile :(
The last part of the compilation messages looks like this:
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gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486
-malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686
-DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c ksyms.c
ksyms.c:208: redefinition of `__kstrtab_page_cache_size'
ksyms.c:114: `__kstrtab_page_cache_size' previously defined here
ksyms.c:208: redefinition of `__ksymtab_page_cache_size'
ksyms.c:114: `__ksymtab_page_cache_size' previously defined here
ksyms.c:209: redefinition of `__kstrtab_page_hash_table'
ksyms.c:115: `__kstrtab_page_hash_table' previously defined here
ksyms.c:209: redefinition of `__ksymtab_page_hash_table'
ksyms.c:115: `__ksymtab_page_hash_table' previously defined here
make[3]: *** [ksyms.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.7/kernel'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.7/kernel'
make[1]: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.7'
make: *** [build] Error 2
bash-2.02# exit
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I will try and get a 2.2.9 patch somewhere and try it out later.
Johann.
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