Re: Bug#741663: linux-image-3.13-1-powerpc-smp: therm_windtunnel does not load correctly
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Hi Rick,
On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 02:23:59PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 02:55:42AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2018, at 1:59 AM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 02:48:01PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > >> Thanks! Yes, I’ll give it a try.
> > >
> > > Note: You can either build the v4.19-rc1 tar ball which has the patch
> > > already included. Or you can take your Debian kernel and add this patch:
> > >
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/960488/
> > >
> > > You can download it as mbox there which gives you a file to apply.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Please remember, I’ve never done this before… so I’ve still got a couple of questions:
> >
> > How do I get a copy of the v4.19-rc1 tar ball, if I decide to go that way? And once I’ve got it, which section of the kernel handbook do I look in for instructions to build it?
> >
> > And supposing I decide to go the other way and add the patch to my current kernel (4.18.0-1-powerpc64) how do I get the patch in a form that I can add it to the kernel? I’m assuming that section 4.2.2 “Simple patching and building” is where I go for instructions once I’ve got the patch?
> >
> > Thanks, and really sorry for my ignorance!
>
> if you want to do the road as described in 4.2.2, please find
> attached the extracted patch to use as argument to test-patches
> script.
>
> If you want instead to built 4.19-rc1 cf.
> https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-common-tasks.html#s-kernel-org-package
> .
Any reporting back here?
Regards,
Salvatore
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