Re: latest -ac kernel patch
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 05:49:49PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 16:06, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 14:59:32 -0500, Scott Henson wrote:
> > > The point is I would like to apply the latest -ac patch and get it up and
> > > running, but since 2.4.19 pre 1 ac1 I have not been able to aplly the
> > > patch.
> >
> > Fetch the -ac2 one. Quoting
> > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-03-02-005-20-NW-KN :
> > "This should fix the weirdness with pre2-ac1 a few people saw (eg patch
> > doing odd things). One of the mismerges could cause very odd happenings."
>
> I saw this. I did get that patch too, but it still doesnt work. None
> of the ac patches for 2.4.19 work for my system. It complains about
> improper striping options I think. I have -p0 set and it works on every
> other patch I use. Any other suggestions? Thankyou
>
What about doing the patch from /usr/src/linux (or the respective folder
in your system), i.e. bunzip2 -cd xxxxx-ac2.bz2 | patch -p1
Sometimes, I've had better luck with this method than patching from outside the
respective kernel-source folder.
HTH
Eamon Roque.
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