Help with patching kernel??
Hi,
Thanks to everyone who helped with the soundcard query - got that sorted
now and no, I won't any of those nasty mp3s with it ;o)))
Maybe I'm being a bit ambitious for day twp, but I'm having some trouble
following the guides etc to rebuild my kernel with some patches. I need
to add support for Win4Lin, which requires two patches be applied.
I've got instructions and I've read the manuals and the user
guide....but...things don't quite tally and I'm scared ;o) I've been
told I can do it the standard way with the patch tools etc (like I do
with redhat systems) but I want to get to grips with using dpkg and kpkg
if I can....it looks a lot easier once you understand it...
Anyway, the problems that are confusing me are:
1. There's no /usr/src/linux directory. But I think thats normal because
I've got a /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 directory with the kernel
source tree underneath it....
2. There's no .config file that I can find with my current kernel
configuration - I don't want to do this from scratch if I can help it....
So I've got the source tree. I've got the source tree for the nVidia
drivers and the two patches I need to apply. I've got instructions for
applying the two patches I need. If I have the .config file, I think I
can install those patches and then do:
make xconfig
make -kpkg clean
make -kpkg kernel_image modules_image
dpkg -i kernel_image modules_image
to build and install the kernel???
But like I said, I'm confused.......(and scared!!! lol) As a newbie to
Debian, should I just use the standard patch method until I'm more
comfortable with the new stuff, or is it quite easy to get into it and
do it the 'right' way??
many thanks
Matt
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